Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

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

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elected chief

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tiger

n lump

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

adj lumpy

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

save

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

mother-in-law

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

bleed

vi to be born

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n steel drum

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

yesterday

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

noun fingernail

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun fly

wash clothes

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

honey

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

this

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

noun north

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb escape

noun forearm

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

tribe

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal uncle

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John