Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

what

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

n parrotfish

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

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

mother-in-law

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

rainbow

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

noun dawn

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

little finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

child

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bowstring

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

second

they know each other

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

waist

n crab

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

how

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

sit down

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

traditional chief

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun puddle

son-in-law

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mud

hot

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

shell

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll