Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

n parrotfish

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

wash self

wash hair

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

dry

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

adj. possible

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

black ant (large, stings)

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

[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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

yawn

spear

n spear for fishing

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

hungry, be

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

urinate (piss)

dirty

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

paternal uncle

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

understand

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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