Mokilese English

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

paternal grandfather

sea snake

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

waist

[mɔn] your

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tribe

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

twenty

sister-in-law

fly (v)

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

twin

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll