Mokilese English

trail

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sea snake

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

twist open

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

red ant

yawn

n crab

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

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

eldest sister

frighten

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sit down

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun north

have children

hidden, be

hide

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forearm

friend

why

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

paternal aunt

v to be broken or deflowered

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

twenty

adj. thin

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll