Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

ninety

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nineteen

other person

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

sharp

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

no

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

take

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

noun foot

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

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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. wide

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun remain

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll