Mokilese English

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother-in-law

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

cry

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

verb dry

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eat

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

skin

comb (v)

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fist

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

widow

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

thirsty, be

eldest sister

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun money

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

thigh

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

adj. thin

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

strong

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

summer

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lift open

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll