Mokilese English

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

yes

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

thirty

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

new

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

butterfly

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

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

sell

that

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

verb be prepared

noun puddle

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

why

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

n fashion earrings

waterfall

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

summer

star

hut

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll