Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

seven hundred

flea

noun dawn

in morning

bleed

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

rat

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

sky

noun fly

noun ocean area very far from reef

spear

malaria

honey

adj. happy

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

when

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

v sexually experienced

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

verb be prepared

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

tribe

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. powerful

tear

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

stop

verb play

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

turtle

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn