Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

[aɾai] theirs

n surgeon fish

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

vi to be born

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

n scaleless fish

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

put

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

eldest sister

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean

[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

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb escape

noun forearm

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

understand

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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