Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other person

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

who

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun elbow

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

word

adj. pregnant

noun 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 jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

blind

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

v sexually experienced

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

verb, transitive burn

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

recognize

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter