Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

sentence why are you here

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

wash hair

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

maternal grandmother

noun east

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

slow

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun year, age

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

twist open

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

honey

adj. happy

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

frighten

noun head

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

turtle

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson