Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

shoulder

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

then

save

wash self

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

ripe

noun dawn

slow

verb remain

gonorrhea

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

new

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

mouse

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

fall

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb smell

kiss

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

scared

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

silent

boiled

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pipe

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

obey

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

friend

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

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

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

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister-in-law

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

separated, be

tree

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

star

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll