Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

save

paternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

ripe

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

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

return

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

we know each other

put

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sit down

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[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

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

broken

wife

son-in-law

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

[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

noun foot

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

waterfall

stop

verb play

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open