Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elbow

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

kiss

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

take

n goatfish

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

[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: Danio Poll

young woman

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun forearm

wing

recognize

why

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smell

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

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

noun full moon

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun maternal uncle

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

singer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll