Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

wash self

paternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

be quiet

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb exchange, to

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

roof

black ant (large, stings)

tired

rich

[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

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

spear

n spear for fishing

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

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

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 lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

dirty

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

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

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

understand

wet

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll