Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to be born

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

shaman

noun year, age

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

salivate

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

n death

eldest brother

true

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

old

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

wife

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

freed, be

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother in law

brother

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

star

verb play

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll