Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

who

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun finger

return

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

yesterday

feed

second

undress

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

verb be pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

kiss

wash clothes

noun ocean area very far from reef

scared

blind

spear

honey

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

n death

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

have children

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hammock

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

ground

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

heat (v)

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

brother

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

noun remain

house

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll