Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

what

which

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

pay

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun cloud

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

sky

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mɔn] your

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

left

noun north

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tie

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll