Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

starve

yes

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

how much

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

twist open

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

comb (v)

red ant

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

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 ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

there

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

hand

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun foot

noun cave

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

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

adj. powerful

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

hut

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

understand

turtle

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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