Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tiger

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

noun smoke

feed

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

this

female

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give 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

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snore

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

son

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

paternal uncle

sister

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

raise

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll