Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starve

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

how much

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ripe

flea

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun priest

salt

gonorrhea

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

cry

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

watch (v)

see

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

we know each other

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

noun hip

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

n spear for fishing

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun monkey

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ocean

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

clean

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

receive

broken

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

young woman

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

waterfall

singer

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll