Mokilese English

[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

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

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

wash self

wash someone

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

who

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

vi to force

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

n love

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

third

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

widow

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

[mɔn] your

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

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

boiled

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

verb be prepared

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun foot

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar