Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

paternal grandfather

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

noun finger

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

push

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun smoke

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

skin

undress

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breastmilk

raw

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

that

hidden, be

hidden

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

dirty

freed, be

arm

defecate (shit)

wing

recognize

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

blue

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

make

village

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hail