Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

verb jerk

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

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

lice, body

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

sick

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

third

noun smoke

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

new

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

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

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n death

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

that

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

tear

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

farmer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

hut

sixty

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll