Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

spit (v)

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

ill, become

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

watch (v)

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

red ant

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

worm

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

verb, transitive burn

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forearm

ground

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

mud

tribe

n batfish

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

noun knee

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal uncle

twenty

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

separated, be

summer

blue

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll