Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

what

which

adj lumpy

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

drum

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

n love

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

noun priest

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

be quiet

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

ill, become

n sweetheart

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

hello

third

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

skin

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five hundred

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

scared

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

sharpening tool

female

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young man

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

youngest sister

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

thief

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

brother in law

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

singer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I have 2 canoes

feather

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n banana

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