Mokilese English

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

flea

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

[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

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

see

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

noun cloud

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

v sexually experienced

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

husband

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

tie

arm

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

twin

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter