Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

what

n surgeon fish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

nineteen

paternal grandfather

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun east

seven hundred

in morning

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thumb

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

kiss

sky

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mɔn] your

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

wing

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

sister-in-law

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

lift open

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll