Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

elder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tiger

which

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

mother-in-law

dry

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

in morning

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rich

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

mud

hot

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

hole

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson