Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun elected chief

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

other person

noun maternal grandfather

sharp

noun dawn

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

child

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb to be poor

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun year, age

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

rich

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[men] classifier for people

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hand

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

tribe

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

sister-in-law

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

house

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sixty

one man

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

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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