Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb press

seventy

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

hello

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (two)

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

feed

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun elbow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

n unidentified fish species

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

[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

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

[mɔn] your

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

take

noun puddle

[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

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

mud

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

hole

n Kind of jellyfish

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

shell

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twin

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

turtle

wet

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter