Pohnpeian English

n beard

v. need

n. spear

n. tiger

n bosom/breast

v. wash someone

adj. eleven

v. breathe

grind

n. here

n. eagle

v. born, be

adj. kind

n chin

Speaker: Mario S. Abello

n elbow

v. raise

kiss

n belly

adj. new

adj. beautiful

n. fence

kill

n. friend

adj. sharp

n urine

n. arrow

n. basket

n toenail

n fingernail

v. watch

n. fire

Speaker: Pressler Martin

noun rat

Speaker: Mario S.Abello

go to sleep

n. comb

laugh

v. copulate (have sex with)

v. cook

n fist

adj. five

adj. five hundred

n. language

v. cut

n tongue

Speaker: Mario S. Abello

n hip

adj. weak

have hiccups

adj. frightened

adj. ripe

v. die

adj. blue

adj. silent

Speaker: Pressler Martin

n brain

Speaker: Mario S. Abello

adj. good

n intestines

have breakfast

n. garden

n. money

n. hut

n. tusk

n. coconut tree

Speaker: Pressler Martin

n. at night

n. paternal grandmother

n. maternal grandmother

v. wash hands

broken, be

n. day after tomorrow

v. swim

v. drunk, be

adj. flat

arrive

v. fly

v. urinate (piss)

fry

n hair

Speaker: Mario S.Abello

v. recognize

adj. dirty

noun cave

Speaker: Pressler Martin

have itch

n excrement

n. boy

n. younger brother

Speaker: Mario S.Abello

n. paternal aunt

v. chew

n. bowstring

n ear

Speaker: Mario S. Abello

n index finger

poor, be

v. push

n. axe

adjective sick

Speaker: Pressler Martin

n. singer

n. hunter

kick

n bone

n ankle

n. net

n. fruit

Speaker: Pressler Martin

n. village

n. hearth, cooking pit/fire

v. understand