Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

bleed

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

second

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

put

[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 run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

red ant

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun fly

wash clothes

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb prepare

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

wing

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun remain

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn