Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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)

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

where

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n skipjack (fish)

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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

third

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

think

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

sit down

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

wild boar

will be

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

mud

hot

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

paternal uncle

twenty

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail