Mokilese English

noun egg

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

what

n surgeon fish

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

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

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

paternal grandmother

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

seven hundred

ripe

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb remain

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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 mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[mɔn] your

noun breastmilk

pain

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

have

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sell

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb prepare

noun pipe

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb float

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun gecko

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blue

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

lift open

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll