Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n surgeon fish

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

adj lumpy

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

wash hair

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal grandmother

where

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

cook

in morning

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n skipjack (fish)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun moon, month

send

yesterday

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

they know each other

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

how

pain

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

left

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

set on fire

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

thigh

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

virgin

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

noun smell

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to be broken or deflowered

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

pull open

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fly (v)

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

lift open

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson