Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

twelve

other person

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

see

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

second

[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

tired

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun fly

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

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wife

noun pipe

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun pond

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shell

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

singer

noun meat

twin

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll