Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

many people

noun maternal grandfather

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

seventy

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

second

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

they know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

this

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

wife

[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 sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun full moon

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter