Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

[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

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun smoke

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

verb, transitive break

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

n crab

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

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

boiled

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

broken

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

tie

hand

thigh

noun cave

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun remain

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson