Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

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

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun fan

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

lice, body

who

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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Speaker: Danio Poll

third

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

think

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

scared

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

hidden, be

pull in

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

[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

obey

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun forearm

recognize

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun fishing pole

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

noun smell

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

paternal aunt

noun maternal uncle

brother in law

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

sixty

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail