Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[amai] yours (plural)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

wash self

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other person

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

flea

sharp

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in morning

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

gonorrhea

[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

no

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

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

send

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

twist open

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

rich

verb hold

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb talk

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

young man

worm

old (person)

snore

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

boiled

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

n batfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

stop

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun fruit

west

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn