Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lump

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

third

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

feed

see

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tired

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun hip

red ant

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

n crab

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

pain

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

born, be

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

ground

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

waterfall

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

house

verb play

twin

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs