Mokilese English

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal grandfather

mother-in-law

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bleed

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

gonorrhea

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun moon, month

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

noun mosquito larva

noun elbow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

think

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hungry, be

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

sell

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun maternal uncle

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

understand

wet, become

sixty

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll