Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

wash self

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other person

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ripe

slow

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

little finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

n playing card

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

yesterday

hello

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

throw

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

verb want

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

there

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green coconut

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

star

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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