Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

trail

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

elder

which

verb jerk

save

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

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

where

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

sharpen

return

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (two)

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

sit down

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

why

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll