Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

[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

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

salt

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

new

throw

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yawn

malaria

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun head

sweet

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

hidden, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

noun leaf

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter