Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

then

other person

cook

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

gonorrhea

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

fall

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heel

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

true

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

smooth

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun full moon

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. powerful

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll