Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

ninety

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun east

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

n steel drum

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

noun eat

thousand

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

tusk

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

sentence I have a canoe

pain

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

hungry, be

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

when

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

there

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

day before yesterday

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

pull open

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

summer

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn