Mokilese English

spit (v)

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

noun fan

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sea snake

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun dawn

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elbow

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

true

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

frighten

leech

noun money

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

born, be

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

defecate (shit)

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

mud

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun full moon

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n fashion earrings

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

noun remain

verb play

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter