Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

then

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

ninety

wash hair

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

[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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

tusk

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

yawn

adj. happy

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canned milk (store bought)

worm

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

clean

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ground

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishing pole

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun knee

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

strong

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sixty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter