Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

other

verb press

lice, body

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

bleed

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sun

noun moon, month

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

salivate

verb, transitive break

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun lagoon

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

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb smell

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

why

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

noun knee

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

star

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll