Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[aɾai] theirs

elder

n surgeon fish

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

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

louse, head

vi to force

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

slow

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

push

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

adj. possible

feed

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb, transitive break

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

word

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

sharpening tool

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun foot

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

separated, be

house

pull

wet, become

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John