Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

where

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

sea snake

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

verb remain

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

send

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

throw

[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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

red ant

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. very poor

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mad

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun canned milk (store bought)

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

ground

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

why

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n batfish

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

noun knee

noun day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

twenty

brother in law

brother

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

house

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll