Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

tiger

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

return

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

try

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

we know each other

rat

fall

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

old

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

worm

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

when

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hammock

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

sand

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

thief

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

burned

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

feather

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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