Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

shoulder

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

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

vi to force

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

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

ill, become

find

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

black ant (large, stings)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malaria

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

sell

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

verb, transitive burn

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

wing

thigh

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

hot

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

hole

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n fashion earrings

tear

singer

star

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll