Mokilese English

noun egg

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n large lizard introduced by the Japanese to Mokil Atoll; may possibly be a Mangrove Monitor (Varanus indicus)

yes

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ghost

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

noun dawn

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

gonorrhea

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

push

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

ill, become

noun year, age

send

verb dry

yesterday

feed

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

they know each other

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun ocean area very far from reef

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

n death

sentence I have a canoe

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

male

noun monkey

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

old (person)

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

waterfall

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

hut

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence I have 2 canoes

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

village

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll