Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

which

adj lumpy

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

where

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

slow

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

we know each other

skin

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb smell

kiss

thirsty, be

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

male

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

old (person)

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

n goatfish

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

every

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

arm

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

will be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

house

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson