Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

how much

seventy

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sad

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

vi to be born

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

little finger

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

black ant (large, stings)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rich

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mad

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

n bracelet

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

blind

thirsty, be

[men] classifier for people

worm

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

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

son

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n goatfish

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

set on fire

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

free

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

why

thief

burned

noun smell

noun cave

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

brother in law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

blue

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

make

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn