Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

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

save

n parrotfish

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

wash self

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bowstring

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb exchange, to

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

tired

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

yawn

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

hungry

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun 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

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun pond

thigh

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

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

hail