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

adj lumpy

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

save

wash self

paternal grandfather

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

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

bowstring

verb to be poor

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

black ant (large, stings)

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

snore

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest brother

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

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

hail