Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elected chief

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

starve

paternal grandfather

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

rainbow

sea snake

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n love

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

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun finger

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

second

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

wash clothes

spear

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

hungry

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

burned

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

twenty

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

stop

hut

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter