Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

sentence why are you here

[aɾai] theirs

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tiger

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 someone

pay

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

push

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

cry

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

true

male

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

virgin

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

day before yesterday

today

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

house

hut

twin

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n banana

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