Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

n parrotfish

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

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

lice, body

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pain

smooth

leech

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hat

hammock

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

shell

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fly (v)

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

tree

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll