Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rainbow

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dawn

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

waist

n bracelet

blind

malaria

honey

eldest sister

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

frighten

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

have children

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

n batfish

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll