Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

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

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

where

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

vi to be born

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

n scaleless fish

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

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

verb to be poor

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hip

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

clean

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun green coconut

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

burned

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n party (celebration)

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

noun leaf

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn