Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

which

many people

verb jerk

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

noun leg

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

lice, body

in morning

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

little finger

sneeze

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun moon, month

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

second

thousand

they know each other

undress

comb (v)

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

true

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun intestines

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

verb be prepared

noun puddle

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

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

hole

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sister-in-law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

raise

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John