Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sneeze

[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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

feed

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun heel

noun elbow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

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

n crab

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

spear

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sit down

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

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

have children

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun cave

noun full moon

n tip of penis (slang)

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

every day

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thin

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

singer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

twin

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

lift open

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n banana

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