Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

wash hair

other person

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

who

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

leech

noun money

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

tribe

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n party (celebration)

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sixty

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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