Mokilese English

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

save

n parrotfish

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

wash self

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

be quiet

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

[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 have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

roof

black ant (large, stings)

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

noun cloud

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

n spear for fishing

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

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

snore

drunk, get

clean

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urinate (piss)

noun pond

dirty

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet, become

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll