Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

sea snake

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eat

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb talk

noun show-off

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

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

pain

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hidden

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

hand

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

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

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

young

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

house

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

village

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll