Mokilese English

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

maternal grandmother

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

who

vi to force

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

how

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

clean

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pipe

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

hand

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

raise

noun remain

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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