Mokilese English

noun egg

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

pay

nineteen

where

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

return

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bluefin tuna

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

be quiet

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

feed

find

second

verb exchange, to

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

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

undress

tired

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ocean

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forearm

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

will be

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hot

noun foot

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister-in-law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

brother

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll