Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

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

ninety

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

new

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sniff

red ant

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

hat

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

mud

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

hole

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll