Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

paternal grandfather

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpen

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

mouse

noun fingernail

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

sell

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

river

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

thigh

ground

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

twenty

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

raise

noun remain

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail