Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash self

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rainbow

verb press

seven hundred

sharp

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

n skipjack (fish)

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

thirty

no

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

noun smoke

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

twist open

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun mosquito larva

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

think

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yawn

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

when

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

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

drunk, get

have children

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll