Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

many people

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

little finger

return

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

never

noun eat

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

they know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

tongue

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

male

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

young man

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

born, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

husband

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest sister

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

hole

noun knee

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

brother in law

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

separated, be

tree

vomit

sentence I have 2 canoes

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson