Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

n parrotfish

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

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

be quiet

bowstring

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

[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

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

black ant (large, stings)

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun cloud

pronoun you (singular)

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

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

clean

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

youngest sister

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

noun tuna

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

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll