Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

tiger

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun leg

dry

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sea snake

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

noun dawn

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

weak

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n playing card

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

adj. possible

noun eat

see

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

comb (v)

black ant (large, stings)

big

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

spear

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

hidden

v sexually experienced

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

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

verb prepare

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

obey

young woman

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun day

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

adj. thin

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

copulate (have sex with)

strong

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

star

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll