Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

what

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

yes

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

feed

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n papaya

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

[men] classifier for people

[mɔn] your

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

how

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

son

born, be

receive

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

son-in-law

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

noun fishing pole

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

noun foot

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun fruit