Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

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

ninety

wash hair

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to force

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sick

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

verb exchange, to

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

comb (v)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

wash clothes

n bracelet

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

eldest sister

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

every

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

sister

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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