Mokilese English

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

wash hair

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

hello

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

see

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

we know each other

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

hidden, be

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

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

friend

why

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun knee

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give 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