Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj lumpy

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

starve

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

seventy

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

in morning

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

be quiet

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

black ant (large, stings)

big

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun 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

sniff

kiss

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

when

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb prepare

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

defecate (shit)

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

noun knee

shell

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

twenty

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n party (celebration)

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

summer

noun remain

verb play

hut

twin

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll