Mokilese English

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ripe

sharp

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hold

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

n unidentified fish species

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

waist

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

sweet

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

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

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

wild boar

noun forearm

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twin

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

understand

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter