Mokilese English

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

verb remain

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twist open

noun mosquito larva

fall

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

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

waist

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

n death

sentence I have a canoe

frighten

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

verb, transitive burn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

defecate (shit)

thief

mud

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

day after tomorrow

twenty

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hear

copulate (have sex with)

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hut

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

west

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar