Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

ill, become

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

send

new

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

verb smell

sniff

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun canned milk (store bought)

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

every

[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

noun pipe

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

heat (v)

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

shell

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

twenty

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

singer

summer

noun meat

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

wet

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll