Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

dry

sea snake

lice, body

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

find

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb smell

kiss

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

waist

n crab

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

blind

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

eldest brother

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

day after tomorrow

brother

n party (celebration)

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb play

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll