Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

shoulder

pron. ours

many people

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

where

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

n scaleless fish

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

slow

salt

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

see

new

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

tired

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

n unidentified fish species

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

[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

waist

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

male

smooth

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

have

silent

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

n goatfish

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

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

arm

wing

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

friend

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

v to be broken or deflowered

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

brother in law

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll