Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rainbow

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to force

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

n love

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

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

shaman

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

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

skin

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

[men] classifier for people

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

when

snore

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

noun cave

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll