Mokilese English

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

save

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun maternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dawn

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb remain

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

new

mouse

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

young man

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

urinate (piss)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thief

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

hole

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sister-in-law

brother

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll