Mokilese English

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

save

wash self

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have 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

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. possible

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

noun fingernail

roof

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

[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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

sharpening tool

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

paternal uncle

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. thin

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

wet

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll