Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

push

verb to be poor

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

red ant

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

yawn

malaria

thirsty, be

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

n death

eldest brother

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

arm

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

noun fashion earrings

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

twin

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

lift open

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll