Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

spit (v)

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

no

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

second

throw

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

this

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

young man

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun forearm

hand

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

friend

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

burned

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

eighty

pull

understand