Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

noun elected chief

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

no

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

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

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

pronoun you (two)

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

feed

rat

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

pronoun you (singular)

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

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

have

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

freed, be

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

waterfall

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

separated, be

tree

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs