Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

trail

[aɾai] theirs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

starve

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirsty, be

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

leech

old (person)

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ground

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

noun full moon

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

wet, become

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll