Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

sentence why are you here

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

sea snake

flea

slow

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

return

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bowstring

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

noun eat

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thousand

mouse

noun fingernail

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

big

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

noun hip

red ant

wash clothes

n bracelet

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

honey

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have a canoe

noun canned milk (store bought)

old

noun monkey

hungry, be

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hammock

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green coconut

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

will be

why

[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 excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

sweat

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

day after tomorrow

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

singer

raise

house

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll