Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash self

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

other

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

in morning

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

we know each other

noun mosquito larva

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

verb smell

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

true

noun money

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n goatfish

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

arm

wing

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

why

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smell

shell

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll