Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

n lump

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

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

wash hair

paternal grandmother

seventy

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

put

noun fingernail

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun elbow

[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 hold

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

waist

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

n death

eldest brother

eldest sister

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

hidden

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

verb be prepared

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

son-in-law

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

every day

day after tomorrow

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun maternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

turtle

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet