Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dry

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

no

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

bowstring

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

verb smell

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

spear

adj. happy

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

v to be broken or deflowered

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

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

lift open