Mokilese English

noun egg

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sneeze

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

noun smoke

twist open

[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

rat

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cloud

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

male

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry, be

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

noun north

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

pull in

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

tree

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand