Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

sentence why are you here

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

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

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

louse, head

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sad

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

[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

yawn

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

female

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

ocean

when

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thief

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

copulate (have sex with)

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

star

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter