Mokilese English

noun egg

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

elder

what

tiger

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twelve

other

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun east

flea

louse, head

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

vi to be born

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

kind

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

feed

noun eat

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun mosquito larva

rat

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

kiss

red ant

waist

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

son

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

every

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

say

why

thief

burned

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

adj. thin

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

strong

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll