Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

wash hair

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other person

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

rainbow

noun east

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hold

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mɔn] your

sharpening tool

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

dirty

ground

virgin

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun foot

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

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

hole

noun knee

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sister-in-law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

copulate (have sex with)

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

vomit

eighty

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

feather

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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