Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leg

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

how much

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

cook

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

n spine foot (fish)

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

big

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun money

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

son-in-law

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

defecate (shit)

thigh

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

tribe

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n party (celebration)

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

house

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John