Mokilese English

noun egg

pron. ours

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

paternal grandfather

where

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n bluefin tuna

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

never

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fingernail

skin

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

tongue

think

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun canned milk (store bought)

pain

sweet

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

v sexually experienced

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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

say

noun smell

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

today

noun maternal uncle

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

singer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twin

eighty

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John