Mokilese English

trail

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

pay

paternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

sea snake

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

cry

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb grind

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

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hip

adj. happy

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

drunk, get

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

virgin

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

today

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll