Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

spit (v)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

mother-in-law

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

put

noun mosquito larva

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

n unidentified fish species

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

[men] classifier for people

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

ocean

silent

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

hide

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll