Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

wash self

wash hair

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

bowstring

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

shaman

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[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

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

roof

tired

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 cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

honey

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

noun breastmilk

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

drunk, get

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

receive

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll