Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

ill, become

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

[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

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sniff

sky

red ant

waist

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

twenty

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n party (celebration)

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll