Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

many people

noun leg

noun fan

rainbow

seven hundred

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

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

try

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

second

throw

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

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

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

sweet

young man

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun green coconut

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun foot

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every day

adj. thin

first

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

feather

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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