Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb press

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpen

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cry

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

second

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

singer

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail