Mokilese English

noun egg

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

trail

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

save

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

noun leg

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun east

seven hundred

who

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

n playing card

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

adj. possible

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

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

this

eldest sister

noun canned milk (store bought)

male

how

smooth

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

elderly

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut tree

receive

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thigh

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

tribe

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

day after tomorrow

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

tear

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

west

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll