Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

trail

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

wash self

yes

how much

louse, head

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

gonorrhea

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

feed

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun mosquito larva

skin

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

recognize

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun foot

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

tree

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

n banana

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