Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

n parrotfish

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

pay

noun leg

nineteen

noun maternal grandfather

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fan

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

weak

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

try

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

n playing card

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

adj. possible

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

they know each other

undress

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

kiss

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

[men] classifier for people

frighten

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

sweet

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

burned

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

noun fruit

understand

village

lift open

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll