Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

save

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

starve

paternal grandfather

mother-in-law

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

seventy

sharp

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

child

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

try

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

third

noun smoke

throw

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

kiss

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

[men] classifier for people

sentence I have a canoe

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun ocean

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

verb prepare

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

water

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

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

young

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have 2 canoes

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll