Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

wash self

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

feed

see

throw

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

noun breastmilk

noun head

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0,
via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

hear

story

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

separated, be

raise

hut

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hail