Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nineteen

paternal grandmother

dry

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

salt

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

bowstring

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

noun eat

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

mouse

noun fingernail

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[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 ocean area very far from reef

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

n crab

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

n spear for fishing

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

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

n death

[mɔn] your

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v sexually experienced

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

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

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

tie

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tribe

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

today

paternal aunt

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

pull open

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

first

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hut

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn