Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

never

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

mouse

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

red ant

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

left

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

verb prepare

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wife

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

arm

noun forearm

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun knee

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

n banana

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