Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj lumpy

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

save

wash self

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

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

verb to be poor

[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

shaman

verb dry

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

roof

black ant (large, stings)

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest brother

dirty

thigh

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

wet, become

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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