Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

wash someone

pay

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

maternal grandmother

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

how much

rainbow

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vi to force

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

slow

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

priest

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

thirty

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

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

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

never

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

yesterday

n papaya

put

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb smell

sniff

sky

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mɔn] your

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

hide

broken

wife

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

noun forearm

hand

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun maternal uncle

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n party (celebration)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John