Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

drum

save

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

ripe

flea

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

little finger

return

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

n papaya

mouse

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n bracelet

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this

true

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

smooth

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

clean

there

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun ground/soil

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

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

n tip of penis (slang)

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

every day

paternal aunt

paternal uncle

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

tree

raise

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

feather

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll