Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

what

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

cook

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb remain

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

find

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sniff

waist

yawn

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

silent

when

drunk, get

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

set on fire

verb prepare

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

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

son-in-law

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

brother

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

understand

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn