Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[amai] yours (plural)

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

how much

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

bowstring

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

twist open

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mad

noun ocean area very far from reef

honey

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun monkey

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

hidden, be

receive

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

hand

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

copulate (have sex with)

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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