Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

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

elder

tiger

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

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

pay

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

[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 tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun eat

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hold

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

scared

blind

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young man

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

husband

[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

son-in-law

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

will be

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

vomit

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson