Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

trail

[aɾai] theirs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash someone

pay

yes

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

little finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

shaman

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

black ant (large, stings)

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

tusk

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

eldest brother

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

noun money

have

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

born, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

n goatfish

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

set on fire

noun puddle

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

separated, be

summer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

pull

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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