Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pay

yes

paternal grandmother

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun year, age

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

n spine foot (fish)

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

bow

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb smell

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

pain

old

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

that

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

son-in-law

obey

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister

adj. thin

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

singer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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