Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

never

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

tired

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hip

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

spear

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun head

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

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

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

hand

wing

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

day after tomorrow

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

hear

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

blue

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter