Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

which

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bracelet

n crab

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

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

sweet

worm

hungry, be

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

when

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

verb be prepared

noun puddle

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

burned

noun foot

shell

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll