Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jerk

ninety

other

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

kind

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

n steel drum

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

feed

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

rat

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

tongue

think

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun knee

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n party (celebration)

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twin

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

west

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll