Mokilese English

noun egg

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dawn

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

no

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

try

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

roof

noun heel

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

this

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

hammock

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

river

defecate (shit)

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

brother

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

copulate (have sex with)

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

hut

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

make

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll