Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

trail

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

starve

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nineteen

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

we know each other

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

old

noun head

raw

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb be prepared

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

water

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day before yesterday

today

sister

twenty

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

hut

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll