Mokilese English

noun elected chief

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

ninety

wash hair

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

dry

noun fan

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rainbow

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (two)

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

feed

see

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adj. very poor

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

when

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

born, be

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

noun pipe

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waterfall

noun meat

understand

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n banana

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