Mokilese English

trail

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

then

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

female

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

pull in

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

son-in-law

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

freed, be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smell

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

wet

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll