Mokilese English

spit (v)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash self

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

paternal grandfather

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

where

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

push

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

twist open

throw

thousand

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elbow

verb, transitive break

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

red ant

n spear for fishing

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

sentence I have a canoe

noun breastmilk

noun canned milk (store bought)

male

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raw

noun intestines

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

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

friend

will be

why

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

noun fishing pole

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John