Mokilese English

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

noun elected chief

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

put

rat

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

widow

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

smooth

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

that

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

today

brother in law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

waterfall

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun remain

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter