Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

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

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n love

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

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

no

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

yesterday

noun eat

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

tongue

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

yawn

n crab

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

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

this

eldest sister

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hungry, be

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

boiled

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

son-in-law

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

hole

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fashion earrings

noun meat

raise

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll