Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash self

wash hair

nineteen

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

bleed

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

new

n papaya

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

tongue

noun show-off

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

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

blind

noun breastmilk

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

have

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

n goatfish

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

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

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

tribe

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

sweat

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

story

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll