Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

n playing card

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

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

new

verb exchange, to

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fingernail

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

eldest sister

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

noun north

take

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

arm

noun forearm

hand

virgin

friend

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hot

n batfish

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hut

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet

hail