Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

noun fan

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun moon, month

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

wash clothes

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

adj. happy

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

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

wife

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

verb escape

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

friend

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

noun full moon

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

hut

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have 2 canoes

village