Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

[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 string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

noun maternal grandfather

dry

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

slow

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

push

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sun

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

adj. possible

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

comb (v)

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

blind

true

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

v sexually experienced

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

broken

husband

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

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

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

burned

noun cave

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

house

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll