Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

n surgeon fish

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

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun east

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (two)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sky

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

this

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

sell

broken

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

recognize

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

paternal aunt

v to try to break or deflower

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

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

tear

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

pull

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll