Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

wash someone

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

be quiet

bowstring

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

throw

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

they know each other

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

this

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

pain

smooth

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

when

noun coconut tree

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

n goatfish

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb prepare

husband

son-in-law

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

sister

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun remain

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll