Mokilese English

noun egg

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

[amai] yours (plural)

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

many people

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother-in-law

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in morning

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

be quiet

sun

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

send

third

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eat

verb exchange, to

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

[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

noun fingernail

fall

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cloud

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spear for fishing

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

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

twenty

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

hear

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll