Mokilese English

spit (v)

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

thumb

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

thirty

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

sun

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

shaman

n sweetheart

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

yesterday

hello

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

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 gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpening tool

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

husband

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

water

noun pond

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

wing

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun foot

young

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

noun fashion earrings

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

feather

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs