Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

tiger

save

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

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 east

seven hundred

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

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

slow

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

bowstring

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

verb exchange, to

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

comb (v)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hole (in ground)

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

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

fly (v)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll