Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

what

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash hair

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

never

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

see

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

black ant (large, stings)

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

sniff

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area very far from reef

n spear for fishing

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

n death

how

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun monkey

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

wife

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

river

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

tribe

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson