Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj lumpy

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

save

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

other person

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

noun east

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

flea

louse, head

bleed

noun finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

yesterday

third

feed

noun eat

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yawn

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

old

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

leech

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

born, be

every

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

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

paternal aunt

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

strong

noun gecko

stop

verb play

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll