Pohnpeian

Introduction

Pohnpeian is a language of Micronesia. It is spoken in Pohnpei island, Caroline Islands. Also in United States.

Dialects

Kiti, Ponapean, Sapwuahfik. Lexical similarity: 81% with Pingelapese (See: Pingelapese), 75% with Mokilese (See: Mokilese), 36% with Chuukese (See: Chuukese).

The Pohnpeian Verb

Verblist

• aikiu
• aikiuih
• ain
• aine
• ainepene
• ainih
• ainpene
• aipenpwong
• air
• airih
• alu
• asi
• aukengih
• aupwal
• aupwel
• aupwele
• dok en silasil
• duhdu
• eluwe
• eluwenpwongih
• ese
• kapakap
• kapwurehdo
• keikei
• keseng
• kih
• luhs
• men
• nting
• ntingih
• pap
• peikihong
• pilipil
• ser
• uhdi
• warakih
• werek

• alu -- to walk
• daur, dou -- to climb
• dehk, deidei -- to sew
• dene, nda -- to say
• doadoahk -- to work
• doakoa, katuk -- to stab, pierce
• en lel, keme -- to hit
• ese -- to know, be knowledgeable
• esiŋek -- to breathe
• inim -- to cook
• iŋidpene, weŋid -- to squeeze
• ipihp -- to blow
• isik -- to burn
• kaŋ -- to eat
• karipwude -- to scratch
• kasikih -- to shoot
• ke, ŋalis -- to bite
• kemehla -- to kill
• kendip -- to spit
• kese -- to throw
• kesihnen, uh -- to stand
• kesik pwihk, kesik tihe -- to hunt
• kilaŋ -- to see
• koh- -- to come
• kol -- to hold
• kouruhr -- to laugh
• kuhl, mihk -- to suck
• lempehdi, pwupw -- to fall
• madamadau -- to think
• masak -- to fear
• maudel -- to yawn
• meh|la -- to die, be dead
• meir -- to sleep
• mmwus -- to vomit
• mour -- to live, be alive
• mpwosada -- to swell
• mwohd -- to sit
• natihada -- to buy
• ned -- to sniff, smell
• nim -- to drink
• os -- to grow
• oure|men -- to dream
• pap -- to swim
• pihr -- to fly
• pil -- to choose
• pirapa -- to steal
• pire, salih -- to tie up, fasten
• poadok -- to plant
• pwaik -- to split
• pwil -- to flow
• ritiŋ -- to open, uncover
• roŋ -- to hear
• ruk -- to hide
• rukoa -- to chew
• seŋ -- to cry
• sepe -- to cut, hack
• suk -- to pound, beat
• wadek -- to count
• weir -- to dig
• wikidek -- to turn
• wohnohn -- to lie down