Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

noun elected chief

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

many people

ninety

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

twelve

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

trap (v)

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v sexually experienced

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb be prepared

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

today

sister-in-law

brother

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 gecko

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail

n banana

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