Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yes

nineteen

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

thumb

priest

little finger

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (two)

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

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

undress

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

tired

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

malaria

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun intestines

noun money

verb want

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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 give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun puddle

[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 nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

friend

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

paternal uncle

brother in law

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter