Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

[aɾai] theirs

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

ninety

yes

noun maternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

cook

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

thirty

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

true

[men] classifier for people

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

old (person)

ocean

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun puddle

wife

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

youngest sister

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

hole

shell

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother

pull open

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson