Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

verb press

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

verb dry

pronoun you (two)

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

find

noun mosquito larva

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun hip

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

[mɔn] your

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

hungry

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

pull in

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

husband

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

hand

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

say

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun smell

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

day after tomorrow

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

first

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n party (celebration)

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

strong

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll