Mokilese English

noun egg

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

yes

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

return

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

yesterday

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twist open

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

mouse

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

salivate

noun cloud

verb hold

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

kiss

red ant

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

death

sharpening tool

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

smooth

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun north

have children

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

tie

verb escape

freed, be

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun full moon

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

tree

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter