Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandmother

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

child

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

no

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

see

verb exchange, to

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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

roof

red ant

tired

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

verb hold

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun fly

yawn

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

spear

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

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

clean

hidden, be

receive

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

why

thief

mud

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

stop

noun remain

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

wet, become

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll