Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

be quiet

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

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

watch (v)

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

think

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb smell

sky

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

hungry

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

sell

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun green coconut

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

arm

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

lift open

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll