Mokilese English

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

verb jerk

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

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

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

in morning

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

vi to force

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

n love

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

salt

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

n playing card

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

n steel drum

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

throw

verb exchange, to

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

tired

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

every

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun cave

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

stop

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll