Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sad

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sick

try

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

hello

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

put

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

think

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun fly

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[men] classifier for people

[mɔn] your

noun canned milk (store bought)

pain

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

elderly

old (person)

ocean

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

clean

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

arm

noun forearm

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

virgin

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

burned

noun smell

noun foot

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. powerful

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

lift open

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn