Mokilese English

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

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

wash self

wash hair

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

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

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

tired

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

honey

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

drunk, get

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dirty

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

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. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet, become

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

hail