Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun east

cook

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to be poor

cry

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

adj. possible

find

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bracelet

yawn

spear

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

death

true

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

singer

separated, be

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

wet

n banana

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