Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

then

yes

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

noun east

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

verb remain

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun fingernail

n spine foot (fish)

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

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

n bracelet

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

honey

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

hungry

noun money

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

set on fire

verb prepare

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground

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

will be

why

heat (v)

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

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

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. wide

first

twin

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

make

lift open

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll