Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj lumpy

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sharp

who

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

n sweetheart

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

they know each other

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

rat

noun fingernail

undress

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

tired

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

yawn

n crab

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

frighten

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

boiled

noun north

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

water

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

brother

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

stop

twin

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll