Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jerk

n parrotfish

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

seventy

seven hundred

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n love

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

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (two)

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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hold

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mad

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

n crab

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

scared

n spear for fishing

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

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

broken

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun foot

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull open

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John