Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

nineteen

dry

verb press

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice, body

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rat

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

male

female

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

noun north

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

broken

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

water

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

sweat

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. wide

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll