Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

noun leg

sad

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

return

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

try

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

third

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

we know each other

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

[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

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

son

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tribe

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

stop

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs