Mokilese English

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

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

wash hair

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

dry

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

hello

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[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

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

black ant (large, stings)

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

wash clothes

n spear for fishing

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

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

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 ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest brother

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

thigh

adj. deaf

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

understand

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

hail