Mokilese English

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to be born

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

gonorrhea

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

twist open

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

mad

widow

sniff

yawn

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

smooth

hungry

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sell

take

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

tie

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

brother in law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. wide

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll