Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

drum

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

wash self

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven hundred

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

weak

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

child

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

we know each other

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

malaria

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun money

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

hide

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

young woman

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

hand

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

waterfall

verb play

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John