Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

what

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb remain

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

adj. possible

verb exchange, to

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sniff

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

female

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[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

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sell

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

n goatfish

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

virgin

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mud

burned

noun cave

sister

sister-in-law

adj. thin

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun remain

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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