Mokilese English

noun egg

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

what

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

drum

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

rainbow

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

weak

verb remain

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

watch (v)

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

word

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

this

n death

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

noun breastmilk

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun green coconut

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

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

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun knee

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

separated, be

noun meat

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

village

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson