Mokilese English

spit (v)

noun elected chief

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

ripe

cook

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sun

sick

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

second

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rich

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area very far from reef

n crab

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

sit down

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb prepare

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

say

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

burned

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

today

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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