Mokilese English

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

save

n parrotfish

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

wash self

wash hair

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

be quiet

bowstring

[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

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

hello

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

we know each other

noun fingernail

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

born, be

receive

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

dirty

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

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 shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll