Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence why are you here

shoulder

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

which

n lump

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

save

ninety

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

sneeze

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

watch (v)

see

verb exchange, to

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

mouse

skin

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun elbow

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb smell

kiss

noun ocean area very far from reef

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

noun head

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

hungry

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister

sister-in-law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n fashion earrings

singer

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twin

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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