Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

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

pron. ours

noun elected chief

save

cook

who

sad

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n skipjack (fish)

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

sneeze

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

bowstring

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

thousand

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

put

undress

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salivate

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sky

noun hip

wash clothes

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

n death

[men] classifier for people

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

frighten

noun breastmilk

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

that

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hide

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

verb escape

noun forearm

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tear

hut

eighty

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence I have 2 canoes

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll