Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

n surgeon fish

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

n parrotfish

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

cook

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

sun

try

pronoun you (two)

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

skin

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun heel

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be pregnant

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

there

receive

v sexually experienced

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

set on fire

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

brother in law

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

tree

noun meat

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

pull

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll