Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[amai] yours (plural)

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

drum

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

other

noun maternal grandfather

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

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

thumb

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

n papaya

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

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 tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

sky

scared

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John