Mokilese English

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash hair

yes

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

try

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

noun eat

find

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun cloud

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

noun ocean area very far from reef

blind

spear

malaria

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

frighten

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

worm

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

hole

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

shell

today

sister

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail