Mokilese English

noun egg

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ninety

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

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

slow

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb remain

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

traditional chief

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

hat

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun foot

noun cave

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson