Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sea snake

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

salt

sun

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

try

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

throw

verb exchange, to

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

n papaya

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest sister

sharpening tool

noun breastmilk

old

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

freed, be

defecate (shit)

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

hear

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waterfall

separated, be

noun meat

vomit

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

west

village

lift open

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll