Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

many people

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

yes

nineteen

paternal grandfather

noun maternal grandfather

rainbow

seventy

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

n love

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

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb to be poor

sun

try

shaman

noun year, age

n steel drum

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

see

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

throw

noun fingernail

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

young man

hungry

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

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

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

n goatfish

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

every

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

day before yesterday

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll