Mokilese English

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tiger

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

n lump

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

then

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

maternal grandmother

rainbow

verb press

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n skipjack (fish)

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

[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

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

sun

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (two)

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

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

male

pain

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

verb, transitive burn

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

hot

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

day before yesterday

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

brother in law

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

tree

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

noun fruit

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll