Mokilese English

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n parrotfish

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

noun leg

yes

paternal grandmother

verb press

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

n love

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

n scaleless fish

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

thumb

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

verb be pregnant

widow

verb smell

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

waist

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

[men] classifier for people

noun monkey

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

clean

born, be

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

day before yesterday

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

copulate (have sex with)

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

star

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

turtle

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson