Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

twelve

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

bleed

vi to be born

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

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n papaya

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

skin

roof

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

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

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

verb escape

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arm

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun knee

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

day after tomorrow

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter