Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

trail

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb jerk

n parrotfish

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

yesterday

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mɔn] your

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

traditional chief

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

river

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

heat (v)

tribe

hole

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

summer

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

sixty

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs