Mokilese English

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

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

ninety

wash self

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun finger

return

sneeze

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

no

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

watch (v)

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n papaya

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

wash clothes

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

n spear for fishing

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

frighten

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

have children

born, be

that

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

set on fire

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

burned

tribe

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

copulate (have sex with)

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

star

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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