Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

pron. ours

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

which

adj lumpy

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

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

noun fan

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ill, become

noun year, age

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

n steel drum

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

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

new

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

fall

red ant

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

sharpening tool

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb want

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

have children

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

broken

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

thigh

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

paternal uncle

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail