Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

other person

dry

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n scaleless fish

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

they know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

have

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

boiled

son

clean

born, be

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

wing

thigh

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tribe

noun smell

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

sister-in-law

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

house

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll