Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

elder

n surgeon fish

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

n lump

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

vi to be born

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

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cry

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

rich

verb hold

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

how

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

wife

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun full moon

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

village

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll