Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

wash someone

yes

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

paternal grandfather

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

noun dawn

in morning

vi to force

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

noun finger

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

n sweetheart

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

watch (v)

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

roof

red ant

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

spear

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

hungry, be

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

born, be

hidden

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

story

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

singer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

star

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn