Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

ninety

wash self

starve

twelve

how much

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

child

thirty

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

n playing card

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

hello

adj. possible

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

mouse

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

skin

red ant

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

male

old

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sell

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

that

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

river

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

friend

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sweat

paternal uncle

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister

noun maternal uncle

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

strong

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hut

twin

vomit

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll