Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

child

bowstring

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

noun year, age

n playing card

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

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

wash clothes

noun ocean area very far from reef

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

malaria

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

[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

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pond

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson