Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

many people

save

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

rainbow

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 ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

seven hundred

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun priest

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

adj. possible

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

noun fingernail

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

waist

noun ocean area very far from reef

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

leech

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hole

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. thin

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

strong

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson