Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

pron. ours

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

mother-in-law

ripe

flea

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

be quiet

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

noun smoke

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

n spine foot (fish)

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

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun fly

yawn

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

spear

malaria

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

verb want

traditional chief

noun ocean

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb, transitive burn

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

noun foot

sweat

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

strong

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun remain

star

house

hut

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

turtle

make

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

lift open

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter