Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nineteen

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

gonorrhea

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

see

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

put

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

waist

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

eldest brother

true

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I have a canoe

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun full moon

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

summer

noun meat

star

blue

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll