Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun elected chief

what

adj lumpy

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

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

sneeze

thirty

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

salivate

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. very poor

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

n death

sharpening tool

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sit down

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

shell

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

west

sixty

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll