Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

noun leg

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

slow

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb remain

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

be quiet

sun

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

pronoun you (two)

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

twist open

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

we know each other

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

thirsty, be

pain

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hide

n goatfish

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

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

hole

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

understand

wet, become

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter