Mokilese English

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

ninety

starve

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

shaman

n steel drum

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

hello

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

noun heel

bow

noun cloud

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

male

noun money

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

silent

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

born, be

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

verb, transitive burn

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hot

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun day

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal uncle

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

adj. powerful

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

waterfall

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

wet, become

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll