Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

n lump

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

wash self

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

kind

weak

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

put

noun fingernail

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

male

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

pull in

v sexually experienced

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

virgin

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

paternal uncle

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet, become

sixty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

feather

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll