Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

verb jerk

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash clothes

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

sentence I have a canoe

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

today

paternal aunt

v to be broken or deflowered

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull open

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

fly (v)

copulate (have sex with)

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sixty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar