Mokilese English

noun egg

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

what

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

many people

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

other

other person

how much

rainbow

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

salt

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

see

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fingernail

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

adj. very poor

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mɔn] your

sharpening tool

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun pipe

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tie

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

shell

today

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll