Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

elder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

feed

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

bow

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yawn

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mɔn] your

male

how

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun intestines

old (person)

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

young woman

free

verb escape

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fly (v)

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n banana

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