Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

starve

noun leg

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

sharpen

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

weak

verb remain

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

child

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bowstring

sun

noun moon, month

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

roof

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

big

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

drunk, get

left

there

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

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

hand

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

ear

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 fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

star

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

wet