Mokilese English

which

then

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

pay

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

how much

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

little finger

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eat

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

noun mosquito larva

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

n unidentified fish species

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

true

sentence I have a canoe

sharpening tool

frighten

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

worm

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun north

son

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wing

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun knee

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

noun maternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

house

hut

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs