Mokilese English

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

n parrotfish

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

wash self

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

adj. possible

verb exchange, to

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

roof

black ant (large, stings)

tired

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

n spear for fishing

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

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 leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun pond

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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. thin

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll