Mokilese English

noun egg

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

pron. ours

n surgeon fish

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

then

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

other

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

verb press

seven hundred

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bowstring

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

comb (v)

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raw

leech

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

hidden

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

arm

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

fly (v)

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson