Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

louse, head

who

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

child

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

cry

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb dry

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elbow

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

waist

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

boiled

left

hidden

receive

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

why

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn