Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

verb jerk

twelve

paternal grandmother

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

sharp

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

vi to force

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

weak

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

tongue

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n unidentified fish species

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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

noun breastmilk

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sit down

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

born, be

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

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

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

today

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n fashion earrings

noun leaf

tear

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

blue

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John