Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

yes

nineteen

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to be born

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

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

child

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

yesterday

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

spear

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

green

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun puddle

[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

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

young woman

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

defecate (shit)

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll