Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

seven hundred

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

no

be quiet

bowstring

verb to be poor

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

roof

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

[mɔn] your

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

silent

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

set on fire

wife

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

freed, be

arm

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

friend

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

sister-in-law

brother

first

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raise

house

hut

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs