Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. possible

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, transitive break

verb hold

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb smell

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

wash clothes

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spear for fishing

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

thirsty, be

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

female

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

that

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

every

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

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

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

paternal aunt

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

strong

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson