Mokilese English

[aɾai] theirs

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other

other person

paternal grandfather

noun fan

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

[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

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

eldest brother

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

sit down

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drunk, get

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

brother in law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

brother

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

wet, become

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll