Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

sun

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

undress

rich

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

n spear for fishing

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

sentence I have a canoe

frighten

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

sell

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

water

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ground

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twenty

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

hut

blue

village