Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash self

wash hair

wash someone

noun leg

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

sea snake

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

priest

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

no

be quiet

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

hello

third

noun smoke

feed

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

rat

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

yawn

n crab

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

death

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun north

have children

there

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

youngest sister

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

say

burned

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter