Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

spit (v)

n lump

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

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yes

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

sharp

cook

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

weak

verb remain

gonorrhea

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

send

n sweetheart

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

black ant (large, stings)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

smooth

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest sister

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

virgin

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

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

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

sweat

n batfish

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

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

copulate (have sex with)

story

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll