Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

sea snake

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

priest

noun priest

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

word

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

drunk, get

noun north

son

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll