Mokilese English

[amai] yours (plural)

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

save

n parrotfish

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

wash someone

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nineteen

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sun

never

hello

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

noun mosquito larva

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

old (person)

green

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forearm

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

will be

thief

noun foot

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

tree

raise

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sixty

make

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail