Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[amai] yours (plural)

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

yes

twelve

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rainbow

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. impossible

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

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb exchange, to

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

mouse

skin

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

n bracelet

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

eldest sister

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

noun canned milk (store bought)

female

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

son

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

will be

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[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 cave

paternal aunt

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

copulate (have sex with)

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

singer

summer

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn