Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

what

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

save

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun leg

noun fan

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

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun east

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

gonorrhea

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

hello

watch (v)

see

throw

verb exchange, to

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

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

they know each other

mouse

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

bow

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

honey

sentence I have a canoe

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

left

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

tie

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

hole

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

first

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

separated, be

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tr v. to eat raw fish without a condiment

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

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll