Mokilese English

noun egg

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

how much

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

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

bowstring

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

pronoun you (two)

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

see

find

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

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

verb smell

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

elderly

noun ocean

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

have children

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun full moon

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. thin

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

n fashion earrings

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

vomit

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll