Mokilese English

shoulder

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

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

seventy

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

push

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

ill, become

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

skin

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun heel

bow

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

frighten

pain

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

son-in-law

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

thigh

ground

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

heat (v)

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

turtle

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs