Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

seventy

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun dawn

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

hello

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

n bracelet

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[men] classifier for people

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

how

noun monkey

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hot

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

story

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sixty

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll