Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

n parrotfish

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

paternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

adj. possible

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

noun fingernail

roof

black ant (large, stings)

tired

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

[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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

spear

n spear for fishing

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

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

clean

born, be

hidden

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

paternal uncle

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll