Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

n lump

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun dawn

in morning

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

watch (v)

find

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

mouse

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

bow

verb, transitive break

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fly

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

son

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dirty

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

young

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

raise

star

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

pull

west

wet, become

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John