Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

sentence why are you here

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

sea snake

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

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

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

noun heel

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

mad

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

honey

thirsty, be

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

worm

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

urinate (piss)

water

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

will be

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister-in-law

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun remain

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

turtle

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll