Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

then

noun maternal grandfather

dry

noun fan

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

how much

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

bow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

eldest brother

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mɔn] your

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

old

smooth

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun pond

river

verb escape

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

will be

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun leaf

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hail

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll