Mokilese English

trail

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

child

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

see

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

red ant

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

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

boiled

born, be

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden, be

hidden

take

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

verb prepare

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

will be

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smell

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll