Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

elder

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

sad

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bowstring

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpening tool

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

worm

noun intestines

green

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

wing

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hot

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

every day

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

summer

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn