Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[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. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

seventy

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse, head

sharp

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun year, age

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (two)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

verb exchange, to

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

we know each other

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sky

noun fly

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirsty, be

eldest brother

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

hungry

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

n goatfish

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

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

sand

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thief

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tribe

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smell

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

n party (celebration)

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

copulate (have sex with)

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll