Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

lice, body

sad

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

noun hip

sharpening tool

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

smooth

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

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

boiled

have children

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull in

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

day after tomorrow

today

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

separated, be

stop

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll