Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

in morning

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

be quiet

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

watch (v)

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

rich

verb, transitive break

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mad

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

true

sentence I have a canoe

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

verb want

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

have children

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

fly (v)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand