Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

gonorrhea

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

verb to be poor

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

feed

noun eat

thousand

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun heel

verb, transitive break

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. very poor

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun coconut tree

left

noun north

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb escape

friend

tribe

noun foot

noun knee

shell

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll