Mokilese English

[aɾai] theirs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in morning

n scaleless fish

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb remain

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

cry

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

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

try

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb hold

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sky

malaria

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

sweet

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

v sexually experienced

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

defecate (shit)

wing

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun day

day after tomorrow

today

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

waterfall

farmer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

star

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

wet

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail