Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

[amai] yours (plural)

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

wash hair

starve

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twelve

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

how much

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

vi to be born

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

find

we 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

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

big

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

male

noun head

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

that

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

husband

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

ground

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hot

noun fishing pole

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

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

strong

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raise

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull

turtle