Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

spit (v)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

word

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n unidentified fish species

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

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

how

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

boiled

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

burned

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

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

sixty

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail