Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

pron. ours

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

bowstring

noun year, age

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

new

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adj. very poor

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb smell

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

scared

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun intestines

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

heat (v)

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

noun knee

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

copulate (have sex with)

adj. powerful

noun gecko

singer

farmer

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull

west

make

wet

lift open

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson