Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

what

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

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

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

where

noun east

louse, head

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

bleed

vi to force

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (two)

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

watch (v)

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mad

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

blind

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

female

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

sand

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

freed, be

noun forearm

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

every day

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll