Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[amai] yours (plural)

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

wash self

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

vi to be born

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

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

return

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

be quiet

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

send

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eat

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

kiss

[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

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

old

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

young woman

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hole

n batfish

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter