Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

starve

noun leg

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

noun maternal grandfather

noun fan

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

yesterday

find

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash clothes

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest sister

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

wild boar

sand

river

hand

defecate (shit)

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun day

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun gecko

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll