Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

paternal grandfather

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

rainbow

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

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

n bluefin tuna

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

bowstring

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

see

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

second

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

noun fingernail

undress

n spine foot (fish)

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

roof

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

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

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sky

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. happy

death

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hidden

receive

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wing

noun foot

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

star

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll