Mokilese English

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

how much

lice, body

vi to be born

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sneeze

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

push

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

never

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

feed

find

thousand

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

pain

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

left

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar