Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

many people

wash someone

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dawn

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to be born

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

n love

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

noun fingernail

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

adj. happy

thirsty, be

death

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

raw

young man

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

son-in-law

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

defecate (shit)

ground

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

noun fishing pole

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

shell

every day

today

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll