Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

wash someone

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

yes

dry

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

cry

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

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

we know each other

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

smooth

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

boiled

that

verb prepare

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hand

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun smell

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

young

shell

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

west

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll