Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

spit (v)

shoulder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

verb jerk

save

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

paternal grandmother

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

rainbow

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ill, become

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

n playing card

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

undress

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

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

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

youngest sister

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

river

dirty

arm

ground

say

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweat

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

tree

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter