Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

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

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

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

third

noun smoke

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

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

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

skin

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

honey

death

eldest sister

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

have children

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

hand

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail