Mokilese English

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

starve

nineteen

other person

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

shaman

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

watch (v)

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

put

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

sharpening tool

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

smooth

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

that

hidden, be

hidden

broken

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

today

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll