Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

trail

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

maternal grandmother

where

how much

rainbow

lice, body

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

new

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

noun heel

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

death

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

clean

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun smell

noun cave

hole

sweat

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

brother

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll