Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

priest

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

sneeze

thirty

[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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

second

[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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

waist

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun pipe

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

summer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter