Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

we know each other

black ant (large, stings)

tired

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

sniff

n spear for fishing

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

honey

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urinate (piss)

noun pond

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail