Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

other person

noun east

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

no

[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

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

hello

adj. possible

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

second

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

noun mosquito larva

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

frighten

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

make

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll