Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

verb jerk

wash hair

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

slow

thumb

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

ill, become

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

noun eat

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

think

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

yawn

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

n tip of penis (slang)

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

today

paternal uncle

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

waterfall

separated, be

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

village

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson