Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

ripe

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

child

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. very poor

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

thirsty, be

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

male

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun money

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn