Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

n lump

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

bleed

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun finger

return

salt

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

roof

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

sit down

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

that

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

tear

noun meat

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

lift open

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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