Mokilese English

what

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

vi to be born

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baby, child

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

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

noun year, age

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

waist

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

frighten

smooth

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

son

have children

take

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

noun puddle

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

sister

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

south

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 leaf

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

pull

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll