Mokilese English

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharp

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

true

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll