Mokilese English

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

then

ninety

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

noun finger

kind

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

see

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

we know each other

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

big

pronoun you (singular)

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

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

word

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

noun ocean area very far from reef

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

have children

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb, transitive burn

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

young woman

noun green coconut

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

hand

wing

will be

say

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

story

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail