Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

dry

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

n sweetheart

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

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

[mɔn] your

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

hidden, be

receive

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

river

hand

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

tribe

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll