Mokilese English

trail

shoulder

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

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

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

maternal grandmother

noun fan

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

lice, body

who

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

n love

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sky

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

sell

hidden, be

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

why

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

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

sweat

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hear

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence I have 2 canoes

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John