Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

ripe

louse, head

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

who

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

noun smoke

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

tired

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

malaria

thirsty, be

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

how

hungry, be

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snore

noun coconut tree

drunk, get

have children

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

pull in

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

son-in-law

obey

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

noun forearm

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

paternal aunt

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

copulate (have sex with)

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun meat

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raise

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson