Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

drum

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)

wash hair

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

other

dry

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

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

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun fly

adj. happy

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

youngest sister

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

defecate (shit)

wing

virgin

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

summer

noun meat

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle