Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

n parrotfish

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

other

where

seventy

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

n spear for fishing

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

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun monkey

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

virgin

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mud

noun fishing pole

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

paternal uncle

sister-in-law

adj. thin

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll