Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

verb jerk

save

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

mother-in-law

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

n skipjack (fish)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

new

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

put

undress

roof

red ant

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fist

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

kiss

n crab

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

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun head

noun monkey

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

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

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

tie

thigh

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

brother in law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

blue

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n banana

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