Mokilese English

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

sharp

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun dawn

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

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sun

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

this

death

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

boiled

clean

verb prepare

verb be prepared

wife

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

friend

tribe

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

sister

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

separated, be

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

vomit

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar