Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

ninety

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

little finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb help

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

twist open

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

red ant

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

male

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sell

that

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

wife

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

paternal aunt

twenty

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll