Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

which

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

wash hair

yes

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

n skipjack (fish)

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

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

ill, become

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

n bracelet

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

male

old

hungry

elderly

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pull in

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

verb prepare

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smell

noun full moon

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

vomit

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter