Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

noun leg

nineteen

where

ripe

cook

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

slow

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cry

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

feed

new

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

they know each other

comb (v)

tired

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

verb hold

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mad

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

sweet

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

pull in

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

every day

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n party (celebration)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

singer

summer

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

make

feather

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn