Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

trail

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

pron. ours

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

flea

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

no

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

bowstring

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sniff

sky

red ant

waist

wash clothes

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest sister

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raw

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

noun coconut tree

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden

n goatfish

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

thigh

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

[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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every day

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pull open

fly (v)

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

feather

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar