Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

[amai] yours (plural)

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

noun fan

seven hundred

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hold

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

recognize

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn