Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

many people

drum

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

verb press

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

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 boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

kiss

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. happy

true

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun head

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

snore

drunk, get

that

hidden, be

pull in

set on fire

wife

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

shell

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

singer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hut

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John