Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

spit (v)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

pay

twelve

paternal grandmother

seventy

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharp

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n scaleless fish

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

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun moon, month

noun smoke

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thousand

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

fall

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

noun cloud

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn