Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

pron. ours

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

noun leg

twelve

maternal grandmother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

no

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sky

noun fly

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

eldest sister

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

male

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ocean

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun north

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

that

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter