Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rainbow

sea snake

noun east

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

push

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

we know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

bow

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

tongue

adj. pregnant

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

green

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

son-in-law

noun pipe

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

arm

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

heat (v)

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

farmer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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