Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb jerk

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun maternal grandfather

noun fan

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

vi to force

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun year, age

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

noun smoke

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[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

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

bow

rich

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

wash clothes

malaria

[men] classifier for people

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

old (person)

noun ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

take

verb prepare

verb be prepared

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun pipe

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hammock

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

noun forearm

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

virgin

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun foot

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

singer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raise

hut

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

west

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll