Mokilese English

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

wash hair

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

pay

yes

maternal grandmother

noun fan

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to force

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

n scaleless fish

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

undress

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

mad

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hammock

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

verb escape

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

blue

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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