Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jerk

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

rat

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

salivate

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. pregnant

kiss

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

noun monkey

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

young woman

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

thigh

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

paternal uncle

brother in law

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

noun fashion earrings

noun meat

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun remain

hut

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pull

lift open

feather

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll