Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

wash hair

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

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

verb exchange, to

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

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 sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urinate (piss)

noun pond

dirty

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

wet, become

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll