Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

seventy

lice, body

louse, head

sharp

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

n playing card

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

see

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

roof

black ant (large, stings)

red ant

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

pronoun you (singular)

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

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snore

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

born, be

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun puddle

son-in-law

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

wing

thief

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

brother

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leaf

noun gecko

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll