Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb press

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

thumb

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun finger

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fall

black ant (large, stings)

rich

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

word

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

silent

noun north

take

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb be prepared

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

summer

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

blue

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson