Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

elder

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

what

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

noun maternal grandfather

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

trap (v)

weak

gonorrhea

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb dry

third

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skin

roof

noun heel

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hide

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

wing

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother in law

adj. thin

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

eighty

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll