Mokilese English

noun egg

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tiger

adj lumpy

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

rainbow

seventy

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

salt

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eat

find

they know each other

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

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

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

ocean

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

verb escape

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

why

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs