Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

shaman

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

watch (v)

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

tongue

verb smell

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hip

malaria

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

say

why

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

burned

noun smell

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

hole

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

twenty

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

wet, become

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll