Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

trail

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bowstring

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb dry

hello

third

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

feed

watch (v)

see

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fall

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun heel

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

widow

sniff

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

old

noun monkey

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

sit down

noun garden

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

noun ocean

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

verb, transitive burn

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

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n batfish

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

young

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

stop

noun remain

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll