Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

which

then

pay

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

cry

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

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

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun cloud

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden, be

pull in

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

hole

sweat

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

day after tomorrow

today

brother in law

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

hear

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb play

eighty

turtle

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

n banana

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