Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jerk

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in morning

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

[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

comb (v)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

malaria

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n death

eldest brother

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun intestines

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

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

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

n goatfish

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

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

hat

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

recognize

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

young

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

star

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pull

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll