Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

n parrotfish

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

wash someone

starve

nineteen

noun fan

where

sea snake

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

n love

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

adj. happy

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

hungry, be

verb want

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

have children

v sexually experienced

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

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

hole

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

day before yesterday

today

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

star

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail