Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

yes

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

push

be quiet

bowstring

verb to be poor

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

noun year, age

n steel drum

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

third

noun smoke

feed

see

find

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

undress

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

old

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n goatfish

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

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

set on fire

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

verb escape

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

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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

paternal aunt

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll