Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[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

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other person

paternal grandmother

how much

ripe

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

kind

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

verb to be poor

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

twist open

n papaya

they know each other

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

n bracelet

thirsty, be

n death

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun green coconut

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

thief

mud

heat (v)

tribe

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

v to try to break or deflower

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

brother in law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

strong

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

verb play

vomit

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

village