Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

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

elder

pron. ours

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj lumpy

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

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

slow

kind

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

[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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

true

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

leech

hungry, be

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

left

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

noun forearm

why

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

burned

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

singer

stop

twin

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll