Mokilese English

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj lumpy

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

then

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

other person

noun maternal grandfather

dry

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

rainbow

sea snake

who

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

n love

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

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

n steel drum

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

new

second

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

put

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

n spine foot (fish)

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

black ant (large, stings)

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

honey

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

leech

noun intestines

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

verb want

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

when

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

born, be

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

set on fire

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

youngest sister

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

defecate (shit)

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hot

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leaf

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll