Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

rainbow

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

n spear for fishing

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

frighten

noun breastmilk

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

noun ocean

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

verb escape

defecate (shit)

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

tribe

noun cave

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

twenty

n party (celebration)

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

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter