Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

ripe

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

push

ill, become

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n sweetheart

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

hello

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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 striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

rat

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

sweet

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

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. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

water

noun pond

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

thief

heat (v)

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll