Mokilese English

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

tiger

which

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

yes

paternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thirty

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

n playing card

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

pain

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

born, be

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

receive

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

wife

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

freed, be

defecate (shit)

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fishing pole

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

noun cave

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

story

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll