Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun egg

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

starve

pay

other

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sea snake

seventy

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

slow

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun finger

return

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

watch (v)

mouse

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun heel

bow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

noun hip

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sharpening tool

noun monkey

hungry

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pull

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

village