Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

ninety

twelve

noun maternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

n papaya

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

wash clothes

n bracelet

adj. happy

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

eldest brother

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

elderly

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun foot

noun cave

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

v to be broken or deflowered

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

brother in law

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

hear

copulate (have sex with)

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n banana

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