Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

drum

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

seven hundred

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

trap (v)

noun finger

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

yesterday

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

red ant

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sharpening tool

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thief

heat (v)

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun meat

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter