Mokilese English

noun egg

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

rainbow

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eat

new

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thousand

they know each other

put

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

thirsty, be

this

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

receive

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

thief

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waterfall

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

turtle

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs