Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mangrove crab

Example: Mangrove Boardwalk, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, South Queensland, AUSTRALIA by Bernard Dupont, 2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

seventy

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun priest

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

push

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

they know each other

undress

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun body fat, grease

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest brother

true

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun breastmilk

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

green

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun north

born, be

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

that

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

son-in-law

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fishing pole

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

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

understand

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll