Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

ninety

nineteen

paternal grandfather

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

little finger

verb remain

gonorrhea

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n steel drum

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

hello

pronoun you (two)

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

put

noun mosquito larva

fall

black ant (large, stings)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

noun intestines

hungry, be

green

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

heat (v)

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

singer

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter