Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fast

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

rainbow

sea snake

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twist open

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

salivate

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

eldest brother

[men] classifier for people

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

left

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

freed, be

defecate (shit)

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

day after tomorrow

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun leaf

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll