Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

ninety

starve

pay

yes

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun maternal grandfather

seven hundred

flea

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

thirty

try

shaman

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

twist open

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

red ant

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

hidden

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

wife

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

farmer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vomit

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

lift open

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hail