Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[aɾai] theirs

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

sharp

cook

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

verb exchange, to

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

they know each other

mouse

undress

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb talk

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

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

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

leech

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

verb be prepared

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

tie

verb escape

defecate (shit)

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun smell

noun knee

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

turtle

[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