Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

maternal grandmother

noun fan

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

seven hundred

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

salt

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

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

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

rat

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fly

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raw

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

silent

when

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

left

have children

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother in law

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll