Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other person

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

cook

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

ill, become

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

second

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

comb (v)

red ant

[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

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fist

adj. very poor

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

burned

tribe

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. powerful

noun leaf

tear

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

blue

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll