Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n scaleless fish

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

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun year, age

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

throw

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

rat

undress

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

tired

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fly

red ant

wash clothes

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

sell

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

set on fire

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

tie

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

n banana

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