Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To taste or smell of peppermint

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

trail

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other

maternal grandmother

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sea snake

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smoke

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

throw

verb exchange, to

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

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

n spine foot (fish)

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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

black ant (large, stings)

noun elbow

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

pain

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun head

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

every

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

youngest brother

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

paternal aunt

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sixty

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n banana

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