Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

sea snake

louse, head

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun dawn

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

never

n playing card

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

adj. possible

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

waist

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

pain

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry, be

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

left

noun north

have children

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

that

hide

hidden

take

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

adj. thin

brother

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

turtle

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll