Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

[aɾai] theirs

noun elected chief

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

dry

verb press

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sad

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

salt

verb remain

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

they know each other

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

roof

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

honey

eldest sister

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

river

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun full moon

day before yesterday

paternal aunt

twenty

adj. thin

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

summer

verb play

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs