Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

paternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

be quiet

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun moon, month

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n sweetheart

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

n papaya

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

comb (v)

black ant (large, stings)

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

smooth

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puddle

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

sand

freed, be

recognize

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

brother in law

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun gecko

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

raise

stop

star

house

hut

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail