Mokilese English

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n parrotfish

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

noun leg

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

who

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

see

find

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tired

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

red ant

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

[mɔn] your

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun monkey

worm

leech

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

hand

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

farmer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll