Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

save

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ripe

louse, head

[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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

cry

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

new

throw

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

sweet

sit down

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

verb be prepared

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

dirty

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

lift open

feather

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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