Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

ninety

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

sharp

cook

vi to force

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun moon, month

third

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun monkey

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

verb want

elderly

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

water

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

hut

vomit

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail