Mokilese English

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. very poor

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

yawn

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

frighten

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

burned

tribe

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twenty

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

make

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar