Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

n parrotfish

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

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

return

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

rat

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

[men] classifier for people

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun monkey

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden

every

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun forearm

say

why

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

first

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

farmer

noun remain

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eighty

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John