Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

adj lumpy

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

n parrotfish

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

wash self

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

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

be quiet

bowstring

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

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

roof

black ant (large, stings)

tired

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun cloud

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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 storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

dirty

thigh

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thin

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

noun gecko

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