Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

seven hundred

sad

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

noun finger

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

no

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

shaman

third

see

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

undress

fall

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ocean

ocean

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother in law

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

adj. powerful

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

west

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll