Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

then

pay

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

priest

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. happy

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

how

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

sit down

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun coconut tree

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

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

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

wet, become

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail