Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

what

which

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n lump

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nineteen

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in morning

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb remain

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

third

feed

noun mosquito larva

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adj. very poor

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

[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

n crab

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

true

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

v sexually experienced

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

verb prepare

verb be prepared

[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

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun green coconut

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

arm

hand

wing

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

tribe

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun maternal uncle

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll