Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

many people

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

maternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

try

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

noun fingernail

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

n spear for fishing

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

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

sharpening tool

how

young man

traditional chief

noun ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

when

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

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

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

virgin

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vomit

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll