Mokilese English

trail

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

what

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

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

wash hair

maternal grandmother

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

priest

return

kind

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

ill, become

watch (v)

find

new

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

put

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

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

adj. happy

death

[men] classifier for people

[mɔn] your

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

have

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

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

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

boiled

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wife

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

ground

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

noun remain

twin

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar