Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

spit (v)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sneeze

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

comb (v)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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 sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

sentence I have a canoe

frighten

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

arm

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

separated, be

tree

house

hut

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hail

n banana

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