Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

then

save

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

wash someone

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

second

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

mouse

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb, transitive break

verb talk

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

sand

verb escape

defecate (shit)

ground

recognize

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun smell

hole

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

brother in law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

summer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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