Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

vi to be born

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

n crab

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

malaria

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

hat

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

brother in law

sister-in-law

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n banana

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