Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpen

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

shaman

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

third

throw

[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

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

tongue

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

yawn

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

hungry

sit down

elderly

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sell

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

every

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

hand

wing

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smell

noun full moon

young

day after tomorrow

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun leaf

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

make

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail