Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun egg

noun hammock

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

what

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

rainbow

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

[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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to be poor

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

tired

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly

spear

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

when

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

paternal aunt

adj. thin

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wet

feather

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll