Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

where

sea snake

who

sad

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n love

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

noun smoke

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb be pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

widow

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

worm

leech

hungry, be

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

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

noun pipe

youngest brother

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

brother

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

tree

noun remain

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter