Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pron. ours

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n lump

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

wash self

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

mother-in-law

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

flea

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

gonorrhea

child

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

new

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exchange, to

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

we know each other

they know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

skin

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

big

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun female (person), woman

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

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. happy

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[men] classifier for people

raw

hungry

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut tree

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun puddle

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

thief

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

mud

noun fishing pole

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

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

paternal uncle

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll