Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[amai] yours (plural)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

elder

tiger

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nineteen

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

flea

louse, head

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

no

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

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

n playing card

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

n sweetheart

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

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun heel

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n goatfish

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

noun puddle

husband

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

youngest sister

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

sand

tie

freed, be

defecate (shit)

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun maternal uncle

sister-in-law

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll