Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

nineteen

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

noun fingernail

undress

fall

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb grind

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

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

[mɔn] your

frighten

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

youngest sister

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every day

sister

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

tear

vomit

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

pull

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter