Mokilese English

noun egg

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

noun leg

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

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

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun dawn

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

kind

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

shaman

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exchange, to

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

adj. happy

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

noun breastmilk

smooth

noun monkey

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sit down

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

mud

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

first

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun remain

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

sixty

village

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll