Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

noun east

who

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to be born

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

trap (v)

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

true

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun green coconut

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

arm

wing

friend

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal aunt

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

farmer

tree

noun meat

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn