Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

pay

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

seven hundred

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

n playing card

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

yesterday

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (two)

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

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

throw

verb exchange, to

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

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

spear

death

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left

n goatfish

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun pond

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

young

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

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hut

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wet

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs