Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

save

wash hair

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

dry

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

bowstring

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

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

yawn

spear

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

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

drunk, get

clean

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

receive

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

n Kind of jellyfish

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

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

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll