Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

dry

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

ripe

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

who

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tongue

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

smooth

raw

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

wife

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

today

brother in law

pull open

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

separated, be

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

verb play

vomit

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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