Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

noun smoke

verb exchange, to

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

undress

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun fly

noun hip

scared

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

[men] classifier for people

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

n goatfish

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

young woman

noun green coconut

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

tribe

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

today

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

noun fruit

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll