Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

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 self

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

adj. possible

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

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

black ant (large, stings)

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

[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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

spear

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

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

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

receive

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

dirty

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

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

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 aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll