Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

trail

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun elected chief

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

then

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

seven hundred

cook

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

trap (v)

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

hello

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

n death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I have a canoe

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

how

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun monkey

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

receive

verb prepare

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

hammock

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

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

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

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

understand

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll