Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

which

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

return

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

yesterday

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

watch (v)

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

undress

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun fist

adj. very poor

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

scared

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

broken

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

today

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother in law

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

twin

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

feather

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n banana

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