Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash hair

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

louse, head

cook

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n love

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

mouse

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

word

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

noun monkey

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

left

clean

born, be

sell

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

thigh

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n Kind of jellyfish

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

paternal aunt

brother in law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

stop

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll