Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

wash self

wash hair

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

roof

tired

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun cloud

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

wash clothes

n spear for fishing

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

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

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

clean

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

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. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll