Mokilese English

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

what

drum

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

vi to be born

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

return

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

black ant (large, stings)

tired

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bracelet

death

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

young man

worm

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

left

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

burned

tribe

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

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

twenty

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gecko

farmer

separated, be

hut

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

lift open

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John