Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

then

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

wash hair

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

gonorrhea

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

cry

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun year, age

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

sharpening tool

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun intestines

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

when

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

hidden

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

every

verb prepare

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

husband

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun foot

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

today

paternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn