Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun elected chief

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

red ant

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry

old (person)

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wife

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

tribe

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

every day

sister-in-law

pull open

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. powerful

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

singer

separated, be

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pull

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

sixty

village

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll