Mokilese English

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb talk

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun breastmilk

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

clean

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

youngest brother

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

thigh

[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

noun maternal uncle

adj. thin

adj. wide

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll