Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

flea

lice, body

louse, head

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sneeze

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

second

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

n crab

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

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

eldest sister

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

clean

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

son-in-law

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hand

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n batfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

first

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

strong

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

feather

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson