Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

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. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

maternal grandmother

noun fan

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (two)

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

see

throw

they know each other

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

comb (v)

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun fly

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

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

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

receive

every

noun puddle

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

sister

adj. thin

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

singer

tree

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

sixty

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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