Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

verb jerk

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

pay

other person

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

push

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

bow

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

sniff

n unidentified fish species

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

n bracelet

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

malaria

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

n death

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

broken

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

will be

heat (v)

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

v to try to break or deflower

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun remain

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn