Mokilese English

noun egg

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandfather

mother-in-law

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

little finger

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

thirsty, be

[mɔn] your

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

worm

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pipe

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

noun green coconut

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

wing

thigh

burned

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll