Mokilese English

trail

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

pay

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other person

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

lice, body

cook

slow

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

thirty

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

verb dry

yesterday

noun smoke

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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 brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

big

noun elbow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

noun money

elderly

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

clean

hide

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb escape

thigh

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hole

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

separated, be

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn