Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

noun elected chief

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

wash self

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

seven hundred

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

pronoun you (two)

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

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

second

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

n bracelet

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

verb escape

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

every day

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun remain

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll