Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n parrotfish

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

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

maternal grandmother

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb press

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

slow

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun priest

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

ill, become

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

red ant

tired

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

word

verb talk

tongue

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

female

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

leech

verb want

traditional chief

have

noun ocean

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

v sexually experienced

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

sand

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar