Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

sentence why are you here

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

third

noun eat

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

scared

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

young man

worm

hungry, be

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

n goatfish

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

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

wife

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

story

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn