Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n lump

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

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

wash hair

starve

nineteen

noun maternal grandfather

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

vi to be born

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

kind

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun year, age

pronoun you (two)

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

feed

twist open

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

word

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb smell

kiss

waist

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

male

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

paternal aunt

v to try to break or deflower

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

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

pull open

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

waterfall

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

noun remain

verb play

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs