Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven hundred

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

salt

child

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

no

be quiet

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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

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

ill, become

verb dry

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

hello

pronoun you (two)

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rat

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fist

verb talk

tongue

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

waist

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

tie

burned

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter