Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj lumpy

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

noun leg

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

who

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breastmilk

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

husband

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun pipe

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dirty

tie

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n batfish

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

day before yesterday

paternal uncle

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

farmer

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

wet

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n banana

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