Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

yes

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

no

be quiet

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

third

noun eat

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

rich

salivate

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

[men] classifier for people

smooth

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

leech

hungry

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

dirty

recognize

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

friend

noun cave

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

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

shell

sister

brother in law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet