Mokilese English

shoulder

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starve

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb press

priest

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

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

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

pronoun you (two)

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

watch (v)

second

noun mosquito larva

skin

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

wash clothes

honey

male

leech

hungry, be

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

will be

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

tribe

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

waterfall

noun meat

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll