Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

[aɾai] theirs

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tiger

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandmother

where

seventy

seven hundred

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

bleed

n scaleless fish

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

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

be quiet

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

ill, become

noun smoke

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

fall

red ant

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

malaria

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young man

hungry, be

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

son

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun pond

river

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day after tomorrow

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

copulate (have sex with)

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll