Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

elder

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in morning

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

new

second

verb exchange, to

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

put

noun fingernail

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

think

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hip

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

sentence I have a canoe

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

old

leech

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] 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

have children

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

n Kind of jellyfish

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

paternal uncle

sister

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

strong

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

farmer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar