Mokilese English

trail

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

n parrotfish

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

nineteen

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

sea snake

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

n scaleless fish

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

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

sun

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fingernail

comb (v)

tired

rich

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

n spear for fishing

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

eldest sister

frighten

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

left

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

free

verb escape

thigh

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

burned

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun full moon

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

noun maternal uncle

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

turtle

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll