Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tiger

many people

save

yes

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

sea snake

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

lice, body

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

vi to force

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

feed

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

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

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

verb hold

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n unidentified fish species

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

n death

eldest brother

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

ocean

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

obey

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

hand

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

separated, be

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll