Mokilese English

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

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lump

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

verb jerk

noun leg

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

who

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

n unidentified fish species

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

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

verb be prepared

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun day

every day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister

fly (v)

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twin

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson