Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

starve

mother-in-law

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

sea snake

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

gonorrhea

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

thousand

they know each other

skin

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malaria

sentence I have a canoe

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

set on fire

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

wild boar

noun pond

verb escape

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hole

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

noun day

every day

day before yesterday

today

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll