Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

shoulder

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

then

ninety

pay

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nineteen

paternal grandfather

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

how much

verb press

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fall

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

verb, transitive break

verb hold

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n crab

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

blind

eldest sister

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

worm

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

verb be prepared

son-in-law

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

defecate (shit)

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

adj. thin

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n party (celebration)

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

star

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

twin

pull

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

feather

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John