Mokilese English

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

what

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

n love

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

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun year, age

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

adj. possible

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

undress

roof

red ant

tired

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

sentence I have a canoe

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

female

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

leech

noun intestines

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

receive

v sexually experienced

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

broken

every

verb be prepared

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tribe

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

strong

adj. powerful

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

wet

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll