Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

wash someone

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

slow

sharpen

trap (v)

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

feed

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun gun

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

this

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n goatfish

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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest brother

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

virgin

say

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

village

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll