Mokilese English

trail

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elected chief

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n scaleless fish

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

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

noun moon, month

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

yesterday

hello

feed

twist open

mouse

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

mad

widow

verb smell

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

sentence I have a canoe

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

there

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

tie

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

virgin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail