Mokilese English

trail

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

bleed

gonorrhea

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

second

noun fingernail

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

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

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

frighten

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will 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 liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

pull in

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun pond

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun forearm

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

paternal aunt

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vomit

blue

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail