Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun finger

salt

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

red ant

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sweet

traditional chief

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun north

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

broken

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

tie

wing

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

friend

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

burned

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n fashion earrings

tear

noun gecko

summer

noun meat

star

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sixty

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John