Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

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

yes

other

paternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

thirty

no

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

roof

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

comb (v)

red ant

rich

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

kiss

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

raw

hungry

old (person)

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb be prepared

wife

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sister-in-law

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

stop

hut

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll