Mokilese English

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

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

save

n parrotfish

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

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

in morning

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

be quiet

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

hello

adj. possible

watch (v)

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

we know each other

noun fingernail

roof

tired

bow

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

hungry, be

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought 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

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

drunk, get

clean

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

take

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest brother

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pond

dirty

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

noun maternal uncle

adj. thin

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

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