Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

what

n lump

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

priest

little finger

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

hello

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tongue

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

son-in-law

noun pipe

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

say

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

raise

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson