Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

wash someone

other

maternal grandmother

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

verb press

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

flea

louse, head

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

push

bowstring

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun heel

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

thirsty, be

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young man

hungry

noun money

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

n goatfish

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

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

youngest brother

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

defecate (shit)

virgin

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

separated, be

stop

hut

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll