Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

then

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

vi to force

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

third

noun smoke

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

big

noun heel

bow

salivate

tusk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

tongue

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

yawn

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

wild boar

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

burned

noun smell

hole

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun meat

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll