Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

verb to be poor

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

hello

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

black ant (large, stings)

tired

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

hungry

green

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden

receive

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun pond

dirty

thigh

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet