Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

save

wash self

wash hair

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bowstring

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

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

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

roof

black ant (large, stings)

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

noun cloud

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

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

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 magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun breastmilk

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

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest brother

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun pond

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll