Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

sad

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun priest

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

bowstring

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

try

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

n sweetheart

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

throw

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[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

thousand

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

defecate (shit)

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

n party (celebration)

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

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson