Mokilese English

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj lumpy

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

ninety

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

cook

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

kind

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

be quiet

cry

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun you (two)

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

feed

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

new

[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 fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

skin

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

n crab

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

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

born, be

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

verb be prepared

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

recognize

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

fly (v)

first

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twin

blue

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

make

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll