Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

wash hair

noun leg

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

weak

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

try

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

find

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

they know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

put

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

death

eldest brother

eldest sister

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

have

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

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

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll