Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n skipjack (fish)

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

never

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb clean

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

they know each other

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

kiss

yawn

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest sister

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

verb be prepared

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest sister

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

dirty

verb escape

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

virgin

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun full moon

n batfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

adj. powerful

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet

lift open

n banana

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