Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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 grandfather

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in morning

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bowstring

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

hello

[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

noun fingernail

roof

black ant (large, stings)

tired

bow

[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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

honey

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

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

green

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

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 piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

drunk, get

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

dirty

thigh

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet, become

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll