Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

save

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

cheek

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

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb exchange, to

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

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

black ant (large, stings)

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

yawn

spear

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

green

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 pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

understand

wet, become

hail