Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

many people

drum

sea snake

noun dawn

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

little finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

worm

noun intestines

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

every

verb, transitive burn

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun family

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

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

strong

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll