Mokilese English

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

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

hello

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)

tired

noun cloud

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

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

honey

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

silent

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

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

born, be

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

dirty

thigh

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

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