Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

which

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

little finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

third

noun eat

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

rich

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

waist

blind

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

leech

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

hot

noun cave

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

brother in law

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

strong

story

noun leaf

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

singer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

stop

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

turtle

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John