Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

spit (v)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

bleed

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

noun eat

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

noun intestines

noun ocean

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

drunk, get

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

hidden

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

freed, be

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

blue

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

village

feather

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll