Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

ripe

sharp

in morning

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

adj. possible

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

big

rich

noun cloud

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

waist

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

thirsty, be

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wife

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. wide

story

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll