Mokilese English

noun egg

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

shoulder

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

n parrotfish

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

starve

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun east

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

n love

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

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

thirty

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

old

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

old (person)

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

water

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

noun cave

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n batfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hut

vomit

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll