Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elder

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tiger

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pay

noun leg

paternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun year, age

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

hungry, be

hungry

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun forearm

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

hole

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

strong

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

house

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll