Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

no

be quiet

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

hello

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

we know each other

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun hip

red ant

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

honey

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

raw

sweet

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

say

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull open

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

eighty

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll