Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

noun maternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

ripe

sharp

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb to be poor

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

second

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cloud

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

widow

verb smell

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

hungry

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

hat

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

day after tomorrow

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

star

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eighty

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll