Mokilese English

[aɾai] theirs

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

mother-in-law

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

priest

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

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

noun fingernail

noun heel

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

waist

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

[mɔn] your

male

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun money

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hide

hidden

n goatfish

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

v sexually experienced

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun puddle

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

hole

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

verb play

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll