Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

n lump

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

drum

wash someone

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

kind

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

hello

feed

n papaya

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

tongue

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

n death

eldest brother

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

take

verb prepare

wife

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

hand

defecate (shit)

virgin

will be

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

sweat

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

star

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll