Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

[amai] yours (plural)

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tiger

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

wash someone

twelve

sea snake

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

slow

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

sneeze

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

male

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

left

clean

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

verb, transitive burn

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n batfish

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

day before yesterday

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

village

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson