Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

maternal grandmother

dry

where

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

slow

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

send

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

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 brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

noun fingernail

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. very poor

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

n death

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

ocean

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

arm

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn