Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

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)

wash someone

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb press

seven hundred

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sharpen

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

n spine foot (fish)

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

fall

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

big

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

yawn

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

wife

son-in-law

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb escape

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

young

noun day

day before yesterday

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

vomit

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

village

feather

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson