Mokilese English

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

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 have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

roof

tired

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

[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

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

yawn

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sharpening tool

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

take

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun pond

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet, become

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail