Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[amai] yours (plural)

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[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

many people

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

n scaleless fish

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

slow

trap (v)

noun finger

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

third

adj. possible

watch (v)

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

pain

noun money

have

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun north

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

youngest brother

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

paternal uncle

sister

sister-in-law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

copulate (have sex with)

waterfall

summer

stop

pull

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter