Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

shoulder

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other person

paternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

how much

verb press

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi to be born

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

see

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

red ant

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

eldest sister

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

hidden

verb prepare

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

singer

star

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

understand

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll