Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

sneeze

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

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

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

n playing card

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

third

n papaya

they know each other

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

think

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

honey

thirsty, be

n death

sentence I have a canoe

noun breastmilk

how

smooth

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

hide

hidden

verb, transitive burn

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

will be

thief

tribe

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

strong

star

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs