Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

sharp

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

they know each other

noun mosquito larva

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

rich

[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

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

adj. pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

n crab

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

virgin

will be

say

[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

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

tree

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hut

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll