Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

sentence why are you here

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

no

bowstring

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

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

n playing card

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

noun eat

see

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

[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

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sky

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

old

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

[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

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

that

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun puddle

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

arm

mud

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun full moon

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

twenty

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gecko

singer

make

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll