Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

yes

maternal grandmother

dry

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sneeze

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

see

find

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

mouse

skin

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

tongue

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

noun north

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb prepare

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

hear

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll