Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n bluefin tuna

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

word

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mad

verb smell

noun fly

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

female

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

raw

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

clean

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

tie

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

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

burned

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

sister

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll