Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

many people

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

wash someone

pay

paternal grandfather

noun fan

noun east

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

never

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. pregnant

kiss

n unidentified fish species

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

waist

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

true

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I have a canoe

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun money

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hidden

n goatfish

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

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tribe

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

young

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

day before yesterday

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

summer

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail