Mokilese English

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

child

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

find

new

verb exchange, to

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

[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

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

sit down

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

that

receive

n goatfish

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

dirty

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

twenty

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

brother

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

first

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

twin

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll