Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

[aɾai] theirs

pron. ours

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

where

sharp

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

gonorrhea

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

n steel drum

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

feed

noun eat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

undress

roof

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

bow

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

spear

n spear for fishing

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

adj. happy

thirsty, be

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[men] classifier for people

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

raw

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

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

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

son

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

noun forearm

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

burned

n batfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

day before yesterday

today

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

waterfall

verb play

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn