Mokilese English

what

tiger

then

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

wash hair

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

dry

rainbow

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

slow

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

return

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

gonorrhea

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

put

mouse

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

true

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

leech

elderly

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

[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 wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

son

receive

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

recognize

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

noun fishing pole

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

noun smell

noun cave

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

noun maternal uncle

pull open

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

tear

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

house

hut

vomit

blue

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

wet, become

sixty

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll