Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[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

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sea snake

seven hundred

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (two)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

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

noun mosquito larva

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

receive

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

noun green coconut

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

noun cave

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

copulate (have sex with)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

twin

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll