Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

elder

noun elected chief

many people

then

nineteen

where

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

bleed

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

kind

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

be quiet

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

shaman

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

adj. pregnant

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

young man

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

son

have children

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

hot

heat (v)

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day before yesterday

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

stop

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

sixty

make

wet

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John