Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun egg

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

other person

paternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

n playing card

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

throw

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

widow

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

sharpening tool

male

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun monkey

leech

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

left

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

raise

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wet

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll