Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

sad

in morning

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

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

hello

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

we know each other

roof

black ant (large, stings)

tired

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

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

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

dirty

thigh

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

noun gecko

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll