Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

vi to force

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ill, become

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

noun elbow

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun monkey

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

born, be

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

hand

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

why

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 fishing pole

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

noun knee

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll