Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

spit (v)

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

flea

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

third

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

kiss

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

thirsty, be

death

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

hungry, be

noun money

elderly

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

tie

hand

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shell

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

brother

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

turtle

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn