Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dawn

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

no

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

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n steel drum

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

paternal uncle

v to try to break or deflower

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll