Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

what

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal grandfather

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

third

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

second

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

put

noun mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

black ant (large, stings)

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

blind

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

noun monkey

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest sister

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

arm

hand

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

ground

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

burned

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

hear

strong

n fashion earrings

noun leaf

separated, be

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll