Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

pay

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

louse, head

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

see

twist open

throw

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

tongue

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

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

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

dirty

verb escape

defecate (shit)

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

recognize

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

heat (v)

noun cave

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tree

star

verb play

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter