Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

trap (v)

little finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

hello

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

noun heel

bow

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

smooth

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

sell

verb, transitive burn

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 nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun smell

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

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

tree

raise

noun remain

star

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

turtle

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter