Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb jerk

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

return

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (two)

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

bow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sniff

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest sister

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drunk, get

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puddle

wife

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

n batfish

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

today

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

stop

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson