Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

wash hair

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

bow

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

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

wash clothes

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy 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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pond

dirty

thigh

adj. deaf

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet, become

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail