Mokilese English

n surgeon fish

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

save

ninety

noun leg

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other person

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

sharp

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

n scaleless fish

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

push

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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n death

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

raw

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

drunk, get

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

sister-in-law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll