Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

rainbow

seventy

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun priest

return

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

pronoun you (two)

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

find

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

rich

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

how

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

leech

traditional chief

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

receive

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

raise

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter