Mokilese English

trail

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

pay

noun leg

dry

seventy

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

vi to force

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

rat

skin

undress

fall

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

blind

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

true

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have a canoe

noun canned milk (store bought)

sweet

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

son-in-law

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

friend

will be

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

today

paternal aunt

sister

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

tree

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll