Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

wash someone

nineteen

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

who

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun finger

return

weak

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

cry

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

n papaya

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

honey

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

son-in-law

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

shell

noun day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

brother

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

strong

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

raise

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather