Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

trail

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun elected chief

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

wash self

wash someone

starve

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

ripe

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in morning

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

be quiet

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

throw

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

red ant

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hip

waist

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest brother

true

frighten

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest brother

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hand

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

twenty

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun remain

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll