Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

which

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

n love

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

slow

priest

kind

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

second

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

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

tusk

verb hold

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

mad

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. happy

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

how

smooth

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

have children

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

friend

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

star

twin

sentence I have 2 canoes

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn