Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[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 people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

vi to be born

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb remain

gonorrhea

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

bow

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun fly

blind

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

frighten

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun money

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

traditional chief

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

v sexually experienced

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

noun puddle

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

free

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

burned

shell

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

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

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister-in-law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

fly (v)

n party (celebration)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll