Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

other

dry

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

sea snake

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

slow

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cry

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

third

noun eat

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n papaya

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

undress

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

noun fly

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

true

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have a canoe

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sweet

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

wife

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

water

hand

defecate (shit)

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

will be

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

day before yesterday

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n party (celebration)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

summer

[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

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

make