Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

n parrotfish

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

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

in morning

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

noun eat

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

widow

verb smell

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

n death

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

recognize

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun fishing pole

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

wet, become

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll