Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

trail

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun leg

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

where

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

verb press

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

n bluefin tuna

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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

twist open

[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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

red ant

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mad

noun ocean area very far from reef

n crab

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

n spear for fishing

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

death

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tribe

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

turtle

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail