Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

comb (v)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

malaria

death

eldest brother

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

son-in-law

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

say

burned

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll