Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

noun east

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sneeze

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb to be poor

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

see

twist open

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

they know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

mouse

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

comb (v)

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

widow

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sniff

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

spear

honey

thirsty, be

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

leech

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

today

sister

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

strong

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

sixty

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John