Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

wash someone

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

seven hundred

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

widow

scared

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

frighten

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun head

raw

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

noun money

verb want

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

receive

pull in

n goatfish

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

will be

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

n batfish

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

shell

adj. thin

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fruit

wet, become

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll