Mokilese English

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n surgeon fish

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

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

sad

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

n skipjack (fish)

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

no

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

feed

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

black ant (large, stings)

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. pregnant

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

sky

n crab

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

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

true

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun canned milk (store bought)

how

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

sit down

green

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

dirty

freed, be

arm

noun forearm

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

virgin

mud

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

n Kind of jellyfish

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

brother

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun leaf

separated, be

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

hail