Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

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

tiger

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

how much

rainbow

seventy

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

louse, head

sharp

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

salt

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

pronoun you (two)

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

they know each other

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

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

fall

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n unidentified fish species

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

wash clothes

n bracelet

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

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sell

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

river

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

heat (v)

noun smell

hole

day before yesterday

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

understand

turtle

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll