Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

n parrotfish

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

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n papaya

they know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun cloud

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

n bracelet

thirsty, be

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I have a canoe

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

born, be

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

water

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

brother

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun remain

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have 2 canoes

wet, become

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hail