Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun elected chief

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

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

paternal grandmother

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sad

in morning

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

noun finger

little finger

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

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

second

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

n crab

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

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

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun coconut tree

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

boiled

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wife

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

youngest sister

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

verb play

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll