Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

twelve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (two)

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

undress

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spear for fishing

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

n death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

true

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

that

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

hammock

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

will be

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

shell

paternal aunt

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

house

sentence I have 2 canoes

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll