Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

twist open

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

undress

comb (v)

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb be pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash clothes

scared

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

hungry

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

obey

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

strong

raise

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twin

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar