Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ninety

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n bluefin tuna

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

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

no

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

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

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

rich

noun cloud

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

pain

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

there

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tribe

[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

brother in law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

story

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun gecko

separated, be

star

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

house

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

understand

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll