Mokilese English

noun egg

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

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

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

sad

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

vi to force

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden, be

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

hand

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

strong

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll