Mokilese English

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

verb jerk

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

mother-in-law

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

child

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sun

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

find

twist open

[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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heel

salivate

verb hold

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

waist

n spear for fishing

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun monkey

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll