Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

vi to be born

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

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

try

shaman

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

widow

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sit down

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

wife

[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

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

sister

brother in law

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

singer

star

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll