Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj lumpy

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

paternal grandfather

mother-in-law

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

throw

thousand

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hold

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

scared

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

true

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun puddle

wife

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

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

noun smell

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. wide

fly (v)

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

waterfall

separated, be

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John