Mokilese English

spit (v)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

yes

where

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

priest

return

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

third

adj. possible

noun smoke

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

verb, transitive break

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mad

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun canned milk (store bought)

how

pain

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden

n goatfish

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

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

husband

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal uncle

brother in law

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

verb play

blue

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

feather

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hail