Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elected chief

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pay

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sea snake

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

lice, body

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

see

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

eldest brother

eldest sister

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

virgin

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

paternal aunt

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet