Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

ninety

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skin

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area very far from reef

malaria

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

take

every

verb be prepared

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

tie

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

noun day

paternal aunt

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blue

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

lift open

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter