Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb remain

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

try

hello

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

noun mosquito larva

rat

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

waist

n spear for fishing

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

female

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hide

take

verb prepare

noun pipe

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

paternal aunt

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thin

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

copulate (have sex with)

story

singer

hut

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

understand

lift open

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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