Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

trail

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

what

tiger

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sea snake

verb press

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice, body

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

trap (v)

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

n steel drum

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

hello

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

hidden, be

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

[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

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun forearm

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tribe

noun cave

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

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

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n banana

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