Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

then

paternal grandmother

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

seventy

lice, body

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

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

never

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

verb to frighten

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

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

comb (v)

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

mad

n bracelet

noun monkey

raw

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest sister

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

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

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

adj. powerful

n fashion earrings

tree

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

house

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

west

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter