Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

which

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun north

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v sexually experienced

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

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hot

noun smell

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

twenty

adj. thin

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

west

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll