Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

be quiet

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun fist

adj. very poor

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun fly

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

malaria

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

death

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

every day

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

hear

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

lift open

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll