Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

return

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

child

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thousand

we know each other

they know each other

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

salivate

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

noun fly

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

honey

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

male

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

verb be prepared

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

verb escape

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

say

noun smell

noun full moon

every day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

pull open

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

copulate (have sex with)

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll