Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

wash hair

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb press

noun east

seven hundred

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

kind

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

push

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heel

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breastmilk

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun monkey

worm

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snore

noun coconut tree

[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

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

son

that

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

pull in

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hammock

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

recognize

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

sweat

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

twenty

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

verb play

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll