Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

adj lumpy

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

wash hair

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun east

seventy

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sad

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

never

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

comb (v)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pain

noun monkey

worm

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

boiled

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v sexually experienced

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

set on fire

verb prepare

wife

noun pipe

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ground

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thin

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

farmer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll