Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

spit (v)

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

n surgeon fish

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

save

starve

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb dry

n steel drum

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

rich

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

set on fire

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

verb escape

thigh

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

brother in law

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

house

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

lift open