Mokilese English

noun egg

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash self

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

cook

who

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to be born

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

mad

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

female

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

arm

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll