Mokilese English

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fast

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)

wash self

wash hair

starve

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

n scaleless fish

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

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

salt

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eat

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

undress

tired

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

verb smell

spear

honey

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

leech

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n goatfish

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

set on fire

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

paternal aunt

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

stop

star

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fruit

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John