Mokilese English

trail

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

wash self

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

noun east

ripe

n scaleless fish

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

kind

weak

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sky

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

raw

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thigh

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smell

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail