Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun mosquito

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

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lump

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

maternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

vi to be born

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

be quiet

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

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

bowstring

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

mad

widow

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest sister

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest brother

these 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

free

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

hand

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun cave

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll