Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

noun maternal grandfather

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

noun finger

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

n playing card

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

watch (v)

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun mosquito larva

rat

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

red ant

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry, be

noun money

verb want

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

clean

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n batfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister-in-law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

pull open

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

strong

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

noun gecko

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

west