Mokilese English

shoulder

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

seventy

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

sharpen

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

see

throw

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

black ant (large, stings)

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb prepare

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

virgin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cave

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

pull open

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

stop

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

blue

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet