Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ninety

wash self

starve

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

seven hundred

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

second

n papaya

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

n unidentified fish species

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

noun ocean area very far from reef

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

pain

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

young man

ocean

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

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 born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

ground

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. thin

fly (v)

first

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blue

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll