Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

shoulder

[aɾai] theirs

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

many people

then

wash self

wash hair

starve

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

where

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun finger

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

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

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

throw

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

old

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

traditional chief

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

broken

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun pond

river

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

every day

copulate (have sex with)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

raise

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter