Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

n parrotfish

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

wash self

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dry

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

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

tired

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

[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

[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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drunk, get

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun pond

dirty

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

adj. thin

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet, become

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll