Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

drum

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seventy

ripe

sharp

sad

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

feed

watch (v)

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

n papaya

rat

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

n death

eldest brother

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

old (person)

green

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

hide

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun smell

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

make

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs