Mokilese English

noun egg

spit (v)

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lump

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

wash self

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

louse, head

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

verb help

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

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

yesterday

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

this

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun money

sit down

elderly

old (person)

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

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

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet