Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ripe

bleed

vi to be born

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

noun eat

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

thousand

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tusk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. pregnant

sniff

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

traditional chief

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

defecate (shit)

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

friend

noun fishing pole

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

noun cave

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n tip of penis (slang)

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

brother in law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

tear

farmer

noun meat

noun remain

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

house

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

wet

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter