Mokilese English

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n love

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun priest

trap (v)

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

feed

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

tusk

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

noun canned milk (store bought)

male

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

noun money

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

old (person)

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

v sexually experienced

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

why

mud

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal uncle

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll