Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

elder

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

dry

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun moon, month

noun year, age

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

they know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

big

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb smell

yawn

spear

worm

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

old (person)

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

freed, be

why

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

copulate (have sex with)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb play

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson