Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ninety

wash self

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun year, age

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n playing card

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

noun smoke

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

verb, transitive break

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

hungry

noun ocean

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

there

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut crab

Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

say

tribe

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun full moon

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

sister-in-law

adj. thin

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n party (celebration)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

adj. powerful

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

understand

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

n banana

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