Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

wash someone

noun leg

yes

other

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

vi to be born

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to be poor

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

watch (v)

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

verb, transitive break

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

thirsty, be

n death

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

noun north

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wife

son-in-law

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

recognize

thief

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tribe

noun smell

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

twenty

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

raise

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

blue

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll