Mokilese English

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

which

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

wash hair

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

seven hundred

louse, head

sad

bleed

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

no

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

red ant

salivate

verb, transitive break

verb hold

noun fist

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hidden, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb be prepared

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

defecate (shit)

say

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

pull open

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

singer

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

star

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll