Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

twelve

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

slow

priest

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bowstring

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

never

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eat

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rat

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mad

widow

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

virgin

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tear

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

turtle

village

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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