Mokilese English

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

wash self

wash hair

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to be poor

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

undress

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

spear

eldest brother

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun intestines

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

receive

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ground

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hot

shell

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

noun maternal uncle

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun gecko

singer

tree

house

twin

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll