Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

yes

paternal grandfather

paternal grandmother

sad

n love

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

little finger

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

cry

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

they know each other

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

verb smell

[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

noun fly

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

malaria

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

sweet

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

noun remain

blue

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs