Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

slow

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

be quiet

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

sky

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

honey

adj. happy

this

sharpening tool

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

that

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

virgin

say

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

noun cave

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

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

noun knee

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. thin

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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