Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

sentence why are you here

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

pron. ours

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

other

paternal grandmother

dry

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

sea snake

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

bowstring

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eat

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

[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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

bow

salivate

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

how

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sit down

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

pull in

n goatfish

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mud

tribe

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll