Mokilese English

noun egg

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

trail

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

what

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

sharp

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n skipjack (fish)

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

send

noun smoke

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun money

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

take

set on fire

noun pipe

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun foot

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

pull open

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

hail