Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun elected chief

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

wash someone

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

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

sun

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be pregnant

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

malaria

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

noun monkey

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

old (person)

green

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

that

every

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

arm

virgin

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll