Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n surgeon fish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

how much

verb press

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to force

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

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

tongue

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

hole

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day before yesterday

brother in law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hut

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village