Mokilese English

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lump

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

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

nineteen

paternal grandmother

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

little finger

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

shaman

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

put

roof

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

noun fly

waist

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun breastmilk

pain

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

noun north

clean

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

burned

tribe

noun fishing pole

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

noun foot

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

vomit

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs