Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

other person

maternal grandmother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

sad

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

kind

gonorrhea

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sun

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

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

throw

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

put

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

word

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

malaria

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

noun head

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

born, be

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hide

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

defecate (shit)

hot

young

paternal aunt

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

first

n party (celebration)

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

blue

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll