Mokilese English

noun egg

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

starve

dry

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sad

noun dawn

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

pronoun you (two)

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

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

rat

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

big

noun elbow

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

boiled

born, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

mud

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n fashion earrings

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson