Mokilese English

trail

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

elder

what

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

mother-in-law

noun fan

noun east

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb remain

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

throw

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

rich

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

how

sweet

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

water

tie

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

every day

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n fashion earrings

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

pull

wet, become

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn