Mokilese English

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

wash hair

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

be quiet

bowstring

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

watch (v)

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

roof

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun cloud

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

yawn

spear

honey

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

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

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

dirty

thigh

adj. deaf

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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