Mokilese English

noun egg

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

where

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe

flea

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

who

sad

bleed

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rich

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

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

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sniff

[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

adj. happy

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. thin

fly (v)

first

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun leaf

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

summer

blue

pull

west

make

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail