Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

nineteen

maternal grandmother

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

send

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

noun smoke

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

mouse

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

mad

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

malaria

eldest brother

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

female

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

drunk, get

noun north

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

youngest sister

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

brother

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll