Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash self

starve

yes

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

kind

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

left

clean

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

day after tomorrow

paternal uncle

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

pull

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

understand

wet

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter