Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[amai] yours (plural)

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

tiger

verb jerk

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nineteen

other

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rainbow

verb press

sharp

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

n playing card

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

n sweetheart

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

adj. possible

noun eat

see

thousand

noun mosquito larva

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

undress

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirsty, be

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

recognize

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

today

v to be broken or deflowered

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

twenty

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twin

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn