Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

spit (v)

[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

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

in morning

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

bleed

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

noun elbow

tusk

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

red ant

spear

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest sister

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

virgin

noun tuna

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

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

sister

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. powerful

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

turtle

make

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter