Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

spit (v)

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

verb jerk

starve

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

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

send

verb dry

pronoun you (two)

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[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

mouse

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

undress

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb hold

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sniff

yawn

n crab

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

blind

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

worm

noun intestines

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

every

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wing

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hole

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

tree

hut

twin

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

feather

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll