Mokilese English

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

little finger

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

find

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

think

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun pipe

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

arm

will be

say

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

hot

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knee

day before yesterday

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n party (celebration)

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

tear

waterfall

summer

raise

star

blue

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll