Mokilese English

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

wash self

wash hair

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

be quiet

verb to be poor

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

shaman

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

roof

tired

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

n spear for fishing

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

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

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

born, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

noun pond

dirty

thigh

adj. dirty

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

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

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

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