Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

shoulder

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

noun elected chief

many people

nineteen

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

cook

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

little finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

bowstring

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twist open

throw

verb exchange, to

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

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

[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 gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

eldest brother

noun breastmilk

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n goatfish

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun forearm

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

ground

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

understand

wet, become

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll