Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

n parrotfish

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

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

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 knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n 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

verb dry

hello

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

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

roof

black ant (large, stings)

tired

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

noun cloud

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

yawn

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

honey

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

smooth

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am 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

snore

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pond

thigh

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

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

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail