Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

many people

then

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse, head

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

gonorrhea

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to be poor

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

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

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

tired

noun elbow

rich

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

widow

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

traditional chief

have

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

defecate (shit)

wing

recognize

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

n batfish

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

shell

paternal aunt

v to be broken or deflowered

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

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

copulate (have sex with)

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

twin

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wet, become

sixty

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll