Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

ill, become

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. very poor

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

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

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

spear

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

verb prepare

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

defecate (shit)

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

shell

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

blue

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter