Mokilese English

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ninety

yes

twelve

paternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb press

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

return

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

be quiet

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

cry

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

thousand

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweet

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

n goatfish

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

eyebrow

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

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

today

paternal uncle

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

hear

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun meat

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

wet, become

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll