Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n lump

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

other

maternal grandmother

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

how much

verb press

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

sharp

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to be born

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

[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

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

feed

new

verb exchange, to

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

red ant

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

death

n death

true

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

sweet

leech

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

green

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

when

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

defecate (shit)

heat (v)

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

noun maternal uncle

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit

blue

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John