Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[amai] yours (plural)

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

then

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

wash hair

dry

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

second

verb exchange, to

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

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

undress

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

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 tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

n bracelet

adj. happy

this

death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

noun breastmilk

noun monkey

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ocean

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

sand

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

friend

thief

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

paternal uncle

pull open

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll