Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

pron. ours

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jerk

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fan

flea

lice, body

cook

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

trap (v)

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

bow

tusk

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tongue

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

adj. happy

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

old

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

[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 nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

young woman

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

recognize

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

hear

strong

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb play

wet, become

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail