Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj lumpy

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

save

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

[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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

tired

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cloud

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

yawn

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

n spear for fishing

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

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

hungry, be

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

dirty

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

paternal aunt

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. thin

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

wet

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll