Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

shoulder

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

noun east

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

sneeze

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

tusk

verb hold

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

waist

wash clothes

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

[men] classifier for people

sentence I have a canoe

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun head

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun north

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

why

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

shell

brother in law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence I have 2 canoes

wet, become

lift open

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll