Mokilese English

elder

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

wash someone

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

n playing card

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

hello

noun smoke

watch (v)

second

throw

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

defecate (shit)

recognize

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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