Mokilese English

spit (v)

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

twelve

paternal grandmother

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

verb press

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

trap (v)

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

be quiet

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

scared

n death

frighten

female

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

traditional chief

when

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

born, be

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

receive

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

free

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

freed, be

recognize

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

why

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n batfish

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

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

raise

twin

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fruit