Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

other person

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb remain

thirty

cry

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twist open

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

n bracelet

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

this

eldest brother

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

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

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

defecate (shit)

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

copulate (have sex with)

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

tree

summer

raise

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail