Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[aiʔ] noun mine

[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

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

starve

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

verb to be poor

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

noun smoke

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rat

big

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heel

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

yawn

malaria

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

[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

born, be

pull in

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

paternal uncle

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

separated, be

summer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

feather

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll