Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

starve

twelve

where

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

ripe

noun dawn

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

mouse

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

old

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

verb escape

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

verb play

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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