Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

wash hair

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

black ant (large, stings)

tired

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun cloud

[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

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

yawn

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

youngest sister

urinate (piss)

noun pond

dirty

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

paternal aunt

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

hail