Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun east

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

we know each other

[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

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

big

salivate

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

leech

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

verb prepare

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shell

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal uncle

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

strong

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tree

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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