Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

noun maternal grandfather

sea snake

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

feed

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sniff

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have a canoe

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb be prepared

wife

[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

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

ground

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. powerful

story

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

star

house

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

wet

feather