Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

maternal grandmother

dry

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n love

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

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

think

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

ground

virgin

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

noun fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

summer

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll