Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun elected chief

n lump

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

many people

wash hair

wash someone

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother-in-law

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

who

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

thirty

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

tusk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 fly

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

[men] classifier for people

noun canned milk (store bought)

female

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

friend

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun foot

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

sister-in-law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

brother

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

blue

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet