Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

be quiet

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

black ant (large, stings)

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

yawn

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

snore

drunk, get

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

thigh

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

paternal uncle

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll